Laurence Sterne Quotes About Solitude

Quotes about: Solitude

• In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

  Laurence Sterne

  Strength, Wisdom, Loneliness

• Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.

  Laurence Sterne

  Nurse, Solitude, Loner

  Laurence Sterne (1840). “The Works ...: With a Life of the Author”, p.329

• In solitude the mind gains strength, and learns to lean upon herself; in the world it seeks or accepts of a few treacherous supports--the feigned compassion of one, the flattery of a second, the civilities of a third, the friendship of a fourth--they all deceive, and bring the mind back to retirement, reflection, and books.

  Laurence Sterne

  Retirement, Book, Reflection

  Laurence Sterne (1811). “The Beauties of Sterne: With Some Account of His Life”, p.139

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