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

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

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

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...

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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,...

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 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.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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 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...

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...

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.

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.