A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

Quote by Alexander Smith

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Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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 wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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

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

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.