Alexander Smith Quotes

Alexander Smith
Scottish Poet
Born: Dec 31, 1830
Died: Jan 5, 1867
Best Life Man Only World You
Related authors: Andrew Lang James Beattie Robert Burns Robert W. Service William Drummond William Dunbar William Falconer
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. Alexander Smith
Song Victory Would Memorial Day Rather Remembered Than
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. Alexander Smith
Man Memory Rich Nothing Else Possession He Real His Poor
The sea complains upon a thousand shores. Alexander Smith
Complains Thousand Shores Sea
We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead. Alexander Smith
Love Grass Weep Over Over It Like Dead Forgetfulness Bury Grows Thing
A great man is the man who does something for the first time. Alexander Smith
Time Great Man First Great Man Something First Time Does Who
Everything is sweetened by risk. Alexander Smith
Everything Risk
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
Character Strong Distinctive Weak Possession Worthless Remains His Precious Egotism Race Full Acute
Trees are your best antiques. Alexander Smith
Best Trees Antiques Your
I go into my library and all history unrolls before me. Alexander Smith
Me History Library Before Go
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
Work Day You Fair Praise Wage Get Taste Happens Certain Your Pudding Suit
Books are a finer world within the world. Alexander Smith
World Books Finer Within
How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening. Alexander Smith
Gardening Heart Human Heart Liking How Human Gardens Seated Deeply
The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn. Alexander Smith
Wise Secrets Taciturn Shall Dead While Keep
A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road. Alexander Smith
Man Mercy Stars Gazing Road
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. Alexander Smith
Care Only Occasionally Fame Quoted
Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life. Alexander Smith
Happiness Life Trifles Misery Make Make Up Up Human Human Life
If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death. Alexander Smith
Death Best Nature You Man Wish Gifted Out Superiority He Noble Look Make Him Course His May Race Personally Your Inherited

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