“ A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view. ”
- Ludwig Wittgenstein- Copy
- 935
“ There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the "money touch," but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers. ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
- 3.5K
“ It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason. ”
- Jules Verne- Copy
- 1.1K
“ She discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms. ”
- Lucy Maud Montgomery- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before. ”
- Ben Folds- Copy
- 471
“ That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the secrecy of solitude, or the retirement of a desert. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
- 790
“ To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. ”
- Octavio Paz- Copy
- 3.8K
“ One can acquire everything in solitude except character. - On Love, 1822. ”
- Stendhal- Copy
- 4K
“ Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. ”
- Charles Dudley Warner- Copy
- 147
“ Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone; with him who alone can deliver us from solitude. ”
- Georges Lefevre- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Are there no solitudes out of the cave and the desert; or cannot the heart in the midst of crowds feel frightfully alone? ”
- Charles Lamb- Copy
- 3.5K
“ For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it. ”
- Michelle Pfeiffer- Copy
- 2K
“ How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. ”
- Alfred de Musset- Copy
- 493
“ A Muslim who meets with others and shares their burdens is better than one who lives a life of seclusion and contemplation. ”
- Prophet Mohammad- Copy
- 629
“ History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
- 3.2K
“ It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security. ”
- Agnetha Faltskog- Copy
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