A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

Quote by Alexander Smith

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Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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,...

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 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...

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.

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.

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

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

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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...

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

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

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.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...