Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

Quote by Thomas De Quincey

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Paint me an eternal tea-pot, for I usually drink tea from eight o'clock at night...

Paint me an eternal tea-pot, for I usually drink tea from eight o'clock at night...

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of...

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of...

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a...

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a...

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always...

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always...

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little...

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little...

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their...

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their...

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a...

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a...

The public is a bad guesser.

The public is a bad guesser.

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife...

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife...

Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation...

Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation...

Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun...

Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun...