Solitude is certainly a fine thing; but there is pleasure in having someone who can answer, from time to time, that it is a fine thing. (Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac)

Solitude is certainly a fine thing; but there is pleasure in having someone who can answer, from time to time, that it is a fine thing.

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

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