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

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Forgiveness Quotes

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.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

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.

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...

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...

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...

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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.

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...

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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 thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows...

A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows...

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and...

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and...

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to...

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to...