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Alexander Smith quotes

Scottish Poet December 31, 1830 – January 5, 1867

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If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste. Alexander Smith
If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "Books are a finer world within the world."
Books are a finer world within the world. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens..."
How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "The sea complains upon a thousand shores."
The sea complains upon a thousand shores. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as..."
The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the..."
A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road. Alexander Smith
The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul..."
The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness."
If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory."
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for."
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "I go into my library and all history unrolls before me."
I go into my library and all history unrolls before me. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for..."
A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity. Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith quote: "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. Alexander Smith

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