The surest cure for vanity is loneliness

Quote by Thomas Wolfe

Topics: Solitude Quotes, Vanity Quotes

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to...

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to...

Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best.

Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best.

Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.

Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes...

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes...

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's...

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's...

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls...

All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls...

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's...

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only...

The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in...

The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in...

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

America - It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only...

America - It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only...

So, then, to every man his chance - to every man, regardless of his birth,...

So, then, to every man his chance - to every man, regardless of his birth,...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale...

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale...

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you...

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you...

True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of...

True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of...

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much...

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much...