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

Quote by Alexander Smith

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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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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 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.

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.

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'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...

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...

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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

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

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques