The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.

Quote by Edward Gibbon

Topics: Loneliness Quotes, Thinking Quotes

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no...

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no...

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy...

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy...

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of...

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of...

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than...

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than...

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly...

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly...

Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited and to abstract...

Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited and to abstract...

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages...

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages...

A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made...

A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made...

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve...

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve...

To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities...

To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to...

I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to...

Life is a yo-yo, and mankind ties knots in the string

Life is a yo-yo, and mankind ties knots in the string

Battles are lost or won in 15 minites

Battles are lost or won in 15 minites

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.