Crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.
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Referring to London.Edward Gibbon
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On the approach of spring I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.
Edward Gibbon
Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see a mountain in my life.
Charles Lamb
We derive our authority from God and the West India Company, not from the pleasure of a few ignorant subjects.
Peter Stuyvesant
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
Emily Bronte
Rascals are always sociable — more’s the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others’ company.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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