Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Appreciation Quotes, Discovery Quotes, Love Quotes

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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,...

Egotism is the glue with which you get stuck in yourself

Egotism is the glue with which you get stuck in yourself

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.