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

Quote by Alexander Smith

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

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

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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

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

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.

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.

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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...