Quotation by

Blaise Pascal

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Alone

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People often suffer because they cannot tolerate being by themselves without distractions. This inability to find peace in solitude leads them to seek constant activity or noise, which causes their unhappiness.

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