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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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'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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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,...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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...

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

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

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.