Hermit

Hermit

A hermit (adjectival form: heremitic) is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.

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Famous quotes containing the word hermit:

    “If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.”
    —Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

    “The thoughtful man becomes a hermit in the thoroughfares of the marketplace.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)