"To live alone is the fate of all great souls."

Schopenhauer, Arthur | Loneliness | 6 bookmarks

"She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her."

Shakespeare, William | Love Ended | 5 bookmarks

"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."

Bacon, Francis | Solitude | 6 bookmarks

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."

Bacon, Francis | Wisdom | 3 bookmarks

"Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil saith, It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be. "

Bacon, Francis | Uncategorised | 2 bookmarks

"Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes."

Aesop | Adversity | 2 bookmarks

"The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes."

Amiel, Henri Frederic | Passion | 3 bookmarks

"A man's life is what his thoughts make of it."

Aurelius, Marcus | Thoughts and Thinking | 1 bookmarks