“He who can talk to himself, will have no need of another’s conversation”.
qui secum loqui poterit, sermonem alterius non requiret
Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 5.117
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
“He who can talk to himself, will have no need of another’s conversation”.
qui secum loqui poterit, sermonem alterius non requiret
The reason Cicero had difficulty living in accordance with his philosophy is that (if I may contradict Rimbaud) I is not another.