Everything is sweetened by risk.

Quote by Alexander Smith

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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...

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 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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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

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

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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...

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.

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

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

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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.

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.