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

Quote by Alexander Smith

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

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

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...

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

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

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 go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

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

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

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...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

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.

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.

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...

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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

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

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

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...

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.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.