Solitary

Famous quotes containing the word solitary:

“But ‘twas beyond a mortal’s share
To wander solitary there:
Two Paradises ‘twere in one,
To live in Paradise alone.”
—Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)

“The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family—but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)