Solitude Quotes

The difference between being alone and being lonely. Quotes about the richness of your own company.

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"In solitude, we find the truth about ourselves."
Théophile Gautier
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"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition."
George Sand
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"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with oneself."
Gérard de Nerval
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"To understand humanity, one must first understand solitude."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Solitude is the profundity of thought."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Loneliness and solitude are not the same."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Solitude is the furnace in which genius is forged."
Gérard de Nerval
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"In solitude, we discover who we truly are beneath society's masks."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"The contemplative life offers rewards the active life cannot comprehend."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"In the silence of solitude, the soul finds its true voice."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the company of one's true self."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"One can acquire everything in solitude except character."
Stendhal
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"Solitude is the school of genius."
George Sand
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"To truly live, one must first learn to be alone."
George Sand
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"Solitude is the nurse of genius; but society is the cradle of happiness."
Théophile Gautier
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"All profound things and emotions of things are lonely; the only time the apple is apple is when it is alone."
Théophile Gautier
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"In solitude, we discover who we truly are beneath the masks society demands."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Solitude and loneliness are not synonyms; one is chosen, the other endured."
Guy de Maupassant
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"In solitude, we find our truest selves."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Solitude allows the mind to unfold its wings."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Solitude nurtures the spirit."
Henry Fielding
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"In solitude, the soul finds its truest voice."
George Sand
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"The quiet person often possesses the deepest thoughts."
George Sand
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"I am not at all in a humour for talking."
Frances Burney
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"Solitude nourishes the spirit."
Frances Burney
"In solitude, we find our truest selves."
Daniel Defoe
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"Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character."
Laurence Sterne
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"Solitude is where genius is born."
Laurence Sterne
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"In solitude, we discover who we truly are."
Ann Radcliffe
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"In moments of silence, we hear our truest thoughts."
Ann Radcliffe