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

Quote by Alexander Smith

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Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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

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

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.

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...

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 be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

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

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

Build up your credit Build up your self esteem Build up your bank account Moving...

Build up your credit Build up your self esteem Build up your bank account Moving...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...