Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, … - Thomas de Quincey

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Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

Thomas de Quincey

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Thomas Penson De Quincey (August 15, 1785 – December 8, 1859) was an English essayist and intellectual.

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