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If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

~Alexander Smith

Topics: Frankness Preserve Secret Up Wish Wrap You Your

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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.

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Topics: Arrival Find Lay Life More Nothing Place Pleasure Seek Surprising Than Today Tomorrow Trap Unexpected Vain You

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Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

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Topics: Delight Discovery Love Love Is Others Ourselves Recognition

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

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Topics: Else He His Man Memory Nothing Poor Possession Real Rich

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

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Topics: Gazing Man Mercy Road Stars

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

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Topics: Bury Dead Forgetfulness Grass Grows Like Love Over Over It Thing Weep

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Everything is sweetened by risk.

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Topics: Everything Risk

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Books are a finer world within the world.

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Topics: Books Finer Within World

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Trees are your best antiques.

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Topics: Antiques Best Trees Your

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

~Alexander Smith

Topics: Care Fame Occasionally Only Quoted I Care

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Poet

Born: December 31st, 1830

Died: January 5th, 1867

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