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title: "3 Avoid Society Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Avoid, which many grave men have not done, words taken from sacred subjects and from elevated poetry: these we have seen vilely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-savage-landor/avoid-which-many-grave-men-have-not-done-words-taken-from-sacred/)

[Walter Savage Landor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-savage-landor/)

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> [You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caspar-david-friedrich/you-call-me-a-misanthrope-because-i-avoid-society-you-err-i-love/)

[Caspar David Friedrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caspar-david-friedrich/)

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> [Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/meditation-is-not-to-avoid-society-it-is-to-look-deep-to-have-the/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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