Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's...

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's...

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

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.