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• The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. -- Henrik Ibse
• Who alone has reason to *lie himself out* of actuality?
  He who *suffers* from it. -- Friedrich Nietzsche...
• Man is a gregarious creature, more so in mind than in body.
  He may like to go alone for a walk but he hates to stand alone in his opinion....
• The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
  -- Henrik Ibsen, "An Enemy of the People", 1882...
• The lake rises above the trees: The image of Preponderance of the Great.
  Thus the superior man, when he stands alone, Is unconcerned, And if he has to renounce the world, He is undaunted....
• A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.
  It is right it should be so; Man was made for Joy and Woe...
• Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Julius Caesar -- Act i, Sc. 2...
• Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughte
  is he not the only one that deserves to be laughed at? -- Grenville...
• A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. -- Elbert Hubbard