Country Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But…

— Marcus Aurelius

Amongst democratic nations men easily attain a certain equality of conditions: they can never attain the equality they desire. It perpetually retires from before…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. There is nowhere that a person can find…

— Timothy Ferriss

Why dost thou not retire like a guest sated with the banquet of life, and with calm mind embrace, thou fool, a rest that…

— Lucretius

No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure.

— James A. Michener

To retire to the monastery, or the woods, or the sea, is to escape from the sharp suggestions that spur on ambition.

— Charles Horton Cooley

In a land which is fully settled, most men must accept their local environment or try to change it by political means; only the…

— W. H. Auden

People leave when life becomes untenable where they are.

— Isabel Wilkerson

There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order…

— Milan Kundera

When shall I at last retire into solitude alone, without companions, without joy and without sorrow, with only the sacred certainty that all is…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills … There is nowhere that a person can find a…

— Arianna Huffington

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

— Charles Francis Adams, Sr