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Unsociable humors are contracted in solitude, which will, in the end, not fail of corrupting the understanding as well as the manners, and of utterly disqualifying a man for the satisfactions and duties of life. Men must be taken as they are, and we neither make them or ourselves better by flying from or quarreling with them
An entire life of solitude contradicts the purpose of our being, since death itself is scarcely an idea of more terror
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything
Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god
Better be alone than in bad company
In solitude, where we are least alone
I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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