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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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

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