To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Finding Yourself Quotes, Self Discovery Quotes

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship...never.

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship...never.

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after...

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after...

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them;...

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them;...

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those...

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if...

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never...

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never...

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day...

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day...

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The...

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The...

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those...

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those...

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as...

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as...