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One can acquire everything in solitude except character. - On Love, 1822.
One can acquire everything in solitude except character. - On Love, 1822.
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. - Journal, read more
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. - Journal, December, 1900.
Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.
Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts. - Love's Cure, 1647.
He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts. - Love's Cure, 1647.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence.
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.
I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me read more
I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Silence is one great art of conversation.
Silence is one great art of conversation.