Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
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Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.