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

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

Shakespeare, William on Love Ended
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"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."

Bacon, Francis on Solitude
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"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."

Bacon, Francis on Wisdom
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"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 on Uncategorised
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"Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes."

Aesop on Adversity
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"The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on Passion
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"A man's life is what his thoughts make of it."

Aurelius, Marcus on Thoughts and Thinking
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