The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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'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...

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.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.

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

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

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'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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...