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

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Fame Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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

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