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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Its not the presents that make Christmas so special, its the presence of those you...

Its not the presents that make Christmas so special, its the presence of those you...

On the 12th Day of Christmas my Facebook gave to me, 12 dudes I'm blocking,...

On the 12th Day of Christmas my Facebook gave to me, 12 dudes I'm blocking,...

I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant...

I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant...