William Cowper: O solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in th

O solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell — William Cowper

O solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

William Cowper

Source: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 3.0). Quotations may be subject to their authors' rights and may be shown in translation.

Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom. — Laurence Sterne
Alone!—that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poe — Edward Bulwer-Lytton
He who is deserted by friends and relatives will often find help and sympathy fr — Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad conseque — Chanakya
Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary. — Oscar Wilde
Die Botschaft hör ich wohl, allein, mir fehlt der Glaube — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they — Henry David Thoreau
An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death. — Avicenna
Sera parsimonia in fundo est. — Seneca
They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, no — William Penn
Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom—physical, mental, and spiritual—an — Swami Vivekananda
Self-trust is the first secret of success. — Ralph Waldo Emerson