Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi

Topics: Solitude Quotes, World Quotes

There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and...

There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and...

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience...

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience...

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing...

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing...

No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or...

No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or...

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are...

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast,...

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast,...

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

[My] deep religiosity... found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading...

[My] deep religiosity... found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I...

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted...

I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted...