We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead

Quote by Alexander Smith

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

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

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.

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,...

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...

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.

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 be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

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

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...

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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...

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.

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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.