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There are two classes of men who withdraw from the world: those who seek to escape personal problems and those who seek to confront themselves. And the latter know that they can do this better in the solitude or privacy of retirement. They are well justified. But the first class are not, for they do not want to face themselves.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 4 : Retreat Centres > # 56