“ I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd, — "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude." But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper — Solitude is sweet. ”
- William Cowper- Copy
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“ Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone. ”
- Paul Tillich- Copy
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“ One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's privacy. ”
- Mary Pickford- Copy
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“ The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness. ”
- Norman Cousins- Copy
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“ I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten, even by God. ”
- Robert Browning- Copy
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“ Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ Talents are best nurtured in solitude; but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. ”
- Johan Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is as true of men as of dogs. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe. ”
- Lord Percival- Copy
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“ O Solitude! If I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap of murky buildings. ”
- John Keats- Copy
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“ Every deed and every relationship is surrounded by an atmosphere of silence. Friendship needs no words — it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. ”
- Dag Hammarskjold- Copy
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“ I am greatly pleased with the public, authentic isolation in which we two, you and I, now find ourselves. It is wholly in accord with our attitude and our principles. ”
- Karl Marx- Copy
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“ 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
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“ We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life! ”
- Tennessee Williams- Copy
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“ Worthy books Are not companions — they are solitudes: We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. ”
- Philip James Bailey- Copy
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“ There is no such thing as a good or bad ad in isolation. What is good at one moment is bad at another. Research can trap you into the past. ”
- William Bernbach- Copy
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“ I may move from everywhere and spend two or three years in total isolation. I like being alone a lot. I enjoy that more than anything. ”
- Julie Delpy- Copy
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“ The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life. ”
- Eleonora Duse- Copy
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