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

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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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

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.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...