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

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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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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...

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.

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 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.

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

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

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.

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

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