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Alexander Smith quotes: Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

Alexander Smith quotes: A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.

A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.

Alexander Smith quotes: Not on the stage alone, in the world also, a man's real character comes out best in his asides.

Not on the stage alone, in the world also, a man's real character comes out best in his asides.

Alexander Smith quotes: Memory is a mans real possession....in nothing else is he rich....in nothing else is he poor.

Memory is a mans real possession....in nothing else is he rich....in nothing else is he poor.

Alexander Smith quotes: Pleasure has no logic; it never treads in its own footsteps.

Pleasure has no logic; it never treads in its own footsteps.

Alexander Smith quotes: The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him.

The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him.

Alexander Smith quotes: Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.

Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.

Alexander Smith quotes: Style, after all, rather than thought, is the immortal thing in literature.

Style, after all, rather than thought, is the immortal thing in literature.

Alexander Smith quotes: A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.

A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.

Alexander Smith quotes: The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

Alexander Smith quotes: My heart like moon-charmed waters, all unrest ...

My heart like moon-charmed waters, all unrest ...

Alexander Smith quotes: Books are a finer world within our world.

Books are a finer world within our world.

Alexander Smith quotes: It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word.

It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word.

Alexander Smith quotes: Yet through all, we know this tangled skein is in the hands of One, Who sees the end from the beginning: He shall unravel all.

Yet through all, we know this tangled skein is in the hands of One, Who sees the end from the beginning: He shall unravel all.

Alexander Smith quotes: The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

Alexander Smith quotes: A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel where all are speakers and no hearers.

A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel where all are speakers and no hearers.

Alexander Smith quotes: A tender sadness drops upon my soul, like the soft twilight dropping on the world.

A tender sadness drops upon my soul, like the soft twilight dropping on the world.

Alexander Smith quotes: I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.

I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.

Alexander Smith quotes: We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.

Alexander Smith quotes: A poem round and perfect as a star.

A poem round and perfect as a star.

Alexander Smith quotes: Each time we love,We turn a nearer and a broader markTo that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes.

Each time we love,We turn a nearer and a broader markTo that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes.

Alexander Smith quotes: Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid.

Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid.

Alexander Smith quotes: The only thing a man knows is himself.

The only thing a man knows is himself.

Alexander Smith quotes: A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

Alexander Smith quotes: Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbofrom terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.

Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo
from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.

Alexander Smith quotes: To-day is always different from yesterday.

To-day is always different from yesterday.

Alexander Smith quotes: I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Alexander Smith quotes: To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

Alexander Smith quotes: Most brilliant star upon the crest of TimeIs England. England!

Most brilliant star upon the crest of Time
Is England. England!

Alexander Smith quotes: How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

Alexander Smith quotes: Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.

Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.

Alexander Smith quotes: Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Alexander Smith quotes: A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

Alexander Smith quotes: There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

Alexander Smith quotes: Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Alexander Smith quotes: Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Alexander Smith quotes: God has thickly strewn infinity with grandeur.

God has thickly strewn infinity with grandeur.

Alexander Smith quotes: A single soul is richer than all the worlds.

A single soul is richer than all the worlds.

Alexander Smith quotes: Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

Alexander Smith quotes: A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

Alexander Smith quotes: One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.

One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.

Alexander Smith quotes: A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.

A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.

Alexander Smith quotes: Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they stand so near!

Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they stand so near!

Alexander Smith quotes: Winter does not work only on a broad scale; he is careful in trifles.

Winter does not work only on a broad scale; he is careful in trifles.

Alexander Smith quotes: An old novel has a history of its own.

An old novel has a history of its own.

Alexander Smith quotes: Thoughts must come naturally, like wild-flowers; they cannot be forced in a hot-bed, even although aided by the leaf-mould of your past.

Thoughts must come naturally, like wild-flowers; they cannot be forced in a hot-bed, even although aided by the leaf-mould of your past.

Alexander Smith quotes: If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

Alexander Smith quotes: The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

Alexander Smith quotes: The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.

The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.

Alexander Smith quotes: Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

Alexander Smith quotes: In winter, when the dismal rain Comes down in slanting lines, And Wind, that grand old harper, smote His thunder-harp of pines.

In winter, when the dismal rain
Comes down in slanting lines,
And Wind, that grand old harper, smote
His thunder-harp of pines.

Alexander Smith quotes: Seated in my library at night, and looking on the silent faces of my books, I am occasionally visited by a strange sense of the supernatural.

Seated in my library at night, and looking on the silent faces of my books, I am occasionally visited by a strange sense of the supernatural.

Alexander Smith quotes: The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire. I cried, Behold! the barren beach of hell At ebb of tide.

The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire. I cried, Behold! the barren beach of hell At ebb of tide.

Alexander Smith quotes: Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Alexander Smith quotes: To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.

To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.

Alexander Smith quotes: If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well.

If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well.

Alexander Smith quotes: Every day travels toward death; the last only arrives at it.

Every day travels toward death; the last only arrives at it.

Alexander Smith quotes: Failure and success are not accidents, but the strictest justice.

Failure and success are not accidents, but the strictest justice.

Alexander Smith quotes: We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

Alexander Smith quotes: I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

Alexander Smith quotes: My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.

My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.

Alexander Smith quotes: To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Alexander Smith quotes: Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Alexander Smith quotes: The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.

The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.

Alexander Smith quotes: Death takes away the commonplace of life.

Death takes away the commonplace of life.

Alexander Smith quotes: Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Alexander Smith quotes: In my garden, care stops at the gate and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.

In my garden, care stops at the gate and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.

Alexander Smith quotes: The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.

The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.

Alexander Smith quotes: Pride's chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market.

Pride's chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market.

Alexander Smith quotes: If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

Alexander Smith quotes: There is nothing good in this world which time does not improve.

There is nothing good in this world which time does not improve.

Alexander Smith quotes: Nature never quite goes along with us. She is somber at weddings, sunny at funerals, and she frowns on ninety-nine out of a hundred picnics.

Nature never quite goes along with us. She is somber at weddings, sunny at funerals, and she frowns on ninety-nine out of a hundred picnics.

Alexander Smith quotes: In my garden I spend my days; in my library I spend my nights.

In my garden I spend my days; in my library I spend my nights.