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

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Fame Quotes

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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 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...

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.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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 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.

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 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...

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.

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...