Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Luke 18:10

In this parable, both men stood alone, but for different reasons. The Pharisee standing by himself was, no doubt, in the thick of the crowd so that he could claim pride of place and be observed, but the tax collector was standing away from the crowd, trying not to draw attention to himself. This is like what #yeshua said about claiming a place at the table. The Pharisee went straight for the head of the table and demanded that no one sit near him. The tax collector went to the end of the table and was grateful just to be invited.