The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

Quote by Alexander Smith

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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.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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