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

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Fame Quotes

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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

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

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...

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 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.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.