Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Posted on May 2, 2020 by qp

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

By Arthur Schopenhauer

SIMILAR QUOTES

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Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided according, as a man’s personal value is large or small.

–Arthur Schopenhauer

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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

–Arthur Schopenhauer

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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

–Aldous Huxley

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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

–Aristotle

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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

–Aristotle

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Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.

–Abu Bakr

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I owe my solitude to other people.

–Alan Watts