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Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher 1863–1902Related quotes
“That man who lives for self alone
Lives for the meanest mortal known.”
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) American judge
The Building of the City Beautiful (1905), Ch. V : How Beautiful!, p. 48.
Context: p>Each gives to each, and like the star
Gets back its gift in tenfold pay.To get and give and give amain
The rivers run and oceans roll.
O generous and high-born rain
When reigning as a splendid whole!
That man who lives for self alone
Lives for the meanest mortal known.</p
“No man is born unto himself alone;
Who lives unto himself, he lives to none.”
Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English poet
Esther (1621), Sec. 1, Meditation 1.
“The beauty other people create is not for the artists. Artists have to live alone.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being.”
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer
"To You on Your First Birthday"
To My Daughters, With Love (1967)
Context: The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
“He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason”
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) Dutch philosopher
“Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.”
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
Book III, Ch. 10
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Jami (1414–1492) Persian poet
An argosy of fables, p. 242
about himself, Extracted from Baharīstān-e- Jami
