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

Quote by Alexander Smith

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Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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.

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...

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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.

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

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...

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

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

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