Clarke, John -- Proverbs: English and Latine [Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina] (1639)
Better be alone than in bad company. John Clarke (d. 1658) British educatorProverbs: English and Latine [Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina] (1639)
View ArticleSeneca the Younger -- Moral Letters to Lucilius [Epistulae morales ad...
No good thing is pleasant to possess without friends to share it. Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC-AD 65) Roman statesman, philosopher, playwright [Lucius Annaeus Seneca]Moral Letters to Lucilius [Epistulae...
View ArticleCarr, Emily -- Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr, “16 July...
You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming. Emily Carr (1871-1945) Canadian artist and writerHundreds...
View ArticleBillings, Josh -- Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia, “Koarse Shot” (1874)
A wize man never enjoys himself so mutch, nor a phool so little, az when alone. [A wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone.] Josh Billings (1818-1885) American...
View ArticleFuller, Thomas (1654) -- Introductio ad Prudentiam, #99 (1731)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . Endeavor to make thy own Company pleasant to thee.
View ArticleBillings, Josh -- On Ice: and Other Things, 60 (1868)
Those who retire from the world on akount ov its sin and peskyness must not forgit that they hav got tew keep kompany with a person who wants just as much watching as ennyboddy else. [Those who retire...
View ArticleGreville, Fulke -- Maxims, Characters, and Reflections (1756)
Man seems to be made neither to live alone nor with others. Fulke Greville (1554-1628) 1st Baron Brooke; Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesmanMaxims, Characters, and Reflections (1756)
View ArticleRussell, Bertrand -- Power: A New Social Analysis, ch. 2 (1938)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . Something of the hermit’s temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables a man to resist the lure of popularity,...
View ArticleSchlesinger, Arthur -- “The Decline of Greatness,” Saturday Evening Post (1...
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our...
View ArticleWilder, Thornton -- The Matchmaker, 4 (1954)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . There comes a moment in everybody’s life when he must decide whether he’ll live among human beings or not — a fool among fools or a fool alone.
View ArticleJohnson, Samuel -- The Adventurer, #126 “Praises of Solitude”
Piety practised in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert, may give its fragrance to the winds of heaven, and delight those unbodied spirits that survey the works of God and the actions of...
View ArticleHelgoe, Laurie -- Introvert Power, ch. 1 (2008)
I’m rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds. Laurie Helgoe (b. 1960) American psychologist and authorIntrovert Power, ch. 1 (2008) Usually attributed to Helgoe, but cited in the book...
View ArticleEmerson, Ralph Waldo -- “Ethics,” Lecture, Masonic Temple, Boston (17 Feb 1837)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own. But the great man is he who in the...
View ArticleHIcks, Bill -- Relentless (1992)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . I just have one of those faces. People come up to me and say, “What’s wrong?” Nothing. “Well, it takes more energy to frown than it does to...
View ArticleWotton, Henry -- “Upon the Death of Sir Albertus Moreton’s Wife” (1651)
He first deceased; she for a little tried To live without him: liked it not, and died. Henry Wotton (1568-1639) English author, diplomat, politician“Upon the Death of Sir Albertus Moreton’s Wife” (1651)
View ArticleButcher, Jim -- Skin Game (2014)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . Home is where, when you go there and tell people to get out, they have to leave.
View ArticleGravina, Gian Vincenzo -- (Attributed)
A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company. Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (1664-1718) Italian man of letters and jurist(Attributed) Sometimes attributed to Oscar Wilde.
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The Mysterious Island, Part 2, ch. 15 (1874) [tr. White (1876)]
It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason. [Malheur à qui est seul, mes amis, et il faut croire que l’isolement a vite fait de...
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Hughes, Charles Evans -- Address to the YMCA, New York
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (1862-1948) American statesman, politician, Supreme Court Justice (1910-1916,...
View ArticleEmerson, Ralph Waldo -- Journal (1838)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . Solitude is naught and society is naught. Alternate them and the good of each is seen.
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