Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Appreciation Quotes, Discovery Quotes, Love Quotes

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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.

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.