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

Quote by Alexander Smith

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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...

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...

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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...

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...

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

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.

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 greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome...

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome...

I'm sorry. Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?

I'm sorry. Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?