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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...

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.

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

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

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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'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.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it...

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it...