“Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden placed, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrivalled love In blissful solitude.” FirstsTwoJoyParentMankindSolitudeGardenAnd LoveFruitImmortal Author:John Milton
“Solitude and company may be allowed to take their turns: the one creates in us the love of mankind, the other that of ourselves; solitude relieves us when we are sick of company, and conversation when we are weary of being alone, so that the one cures the other. There is no man so miserable as he that is at a loss how to use his time” MenMayUseTurnsLossCompanyMankindSolitudeConversationSickCuresMiserableWeary Author:Seneca the Younger
“Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.” WorldRealPhilosophyFoundMankindProduceSolitudeHatredMisanthropyMisanthrope Author:Giacomo Leopardi