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The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. - The Silence of the Sea.
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. - The Silence of the Sea.
Silence is one great art of conversation.
Silence is one great art of conversation.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - read more
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647.
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy read more
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. - Lacon, 1825.
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. - My Summer in read more
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. - My Summer in a Garden.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. - read more
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. - The Labyrinth of Solitude, 1950.
Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude. read more
Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude. - Essays and Soliloquies, 1924.
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
