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Is the man who has gone aside for a while to collect his forces, to quieten his mind and to study the ancient wisdom, to be labelled a deserter of civilization? How false such a label, how foolish the critic who affixes it! All that is best in civilization has come from men who for a time went aside to gain the inspiration or the vision out of which their contributions or creations were born.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 5 : Solitude > # 140