O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
Let it not be among the jumbled heap
Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,--
Nature's observatory--whence the dell,
In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap
Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.
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There is a society in the deepest solitude.
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.
Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that
he was ever less alone than read more
That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that
he was ever less alone than when alone.
[Lat., Nunquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus; nec minus
solum quam cum solus esset.]
I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.
Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.
Among them, but not of them.
Among them, but not of them.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
