Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to...

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to...

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds...

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds...

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us,...

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us,...

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good...

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good...

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Time is the measure of business.

Time is the measure of business.

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions,...

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions,...

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Friends are thieves of time.

Friends are thieves of time.

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine...

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine...

I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public...

I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public...