Convergence-Divergence

I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference. (Frost)

Infinitely often it is clear that we appreciate, even respect - not a multitude - but ten people gathered in a room, each of whom, taken by himself, we consider of no account. (Leopardi)