Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

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 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,...

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.

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'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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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...

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

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

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

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

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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...

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.