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: Leave Me Alone Quotes

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...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant...

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant...

There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from...

There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from...

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

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

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and...

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and...

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who...

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who...

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men...

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men...

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring...

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring...

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than...

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than...

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

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

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and...

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and...