Quotes by Alexander Smith

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

#Memories

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

#Fame

The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and...

#God

Trees are your best antiques

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

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How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

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Everything is sweetened by risk.

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Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

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Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

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Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

#Alexander Smith

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

#Alexander Smith