Alexander Smith quotes

Alexander Smith is a renowned Scottish poet and essayist, celebrated for his evocative imagery and lyrical style. His poetry contributed significantly to the Spasmodic school of Victorian literature. He is also known for his essays and his influence on 19th-century Scottish literary culture. Here are 43 of his quotes:

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. (Alexander Smith)
Everything is sweetened by risk. View quote
Alexander Smith
The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and woman. View quote
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In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it. View quote
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A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. View quote
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Christmas is the day that holds all time together. View quote
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The sea complains upon a thousand shores. View quote
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Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. View quote
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I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. View quote
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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. View quote
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The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other. (Alexander Smith)
To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation. View quote
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How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening. View quote
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To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. View quote
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I go into my library and all history unrolls before me. View quote
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We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once. View quote
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If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness. View quote
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A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road. View quote
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The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time. View quote
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In winter, when the dismal rain comes down in slanting lines, and wind, that grand old harper, smote his thunder-harp of pines. View quote
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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)
A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity. View quote
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Books are a finer world within the world. View quote
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Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking. View quote
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Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life. View quote
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Alexander Smith

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Occupation: British Poet
Born: December 31, 1829
Died: January 5, 1867
Quotes count: 43
Wikipedia: Alexander Smith

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