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Classical antiquity2 quotes
Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Nothing to my way of thinking is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in their own company. — Seneca · 65The Renaissance2 quotes
In solitude
What happiness? who can enjoy alone,
Or all enjoying, what contentment find? — John Milton · 1667A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Age of Enlightenment1 quote
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie. — Alexander Pope · 1700