The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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.

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.

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

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