Quote

A tender sadness drops upon my soul, like the soft twilight dropping on the world.

Alexander Smith

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Sadness
Upon
Soul
Like
Drops
World
Dropping
Tender
Twilight
Soft

More quotes by Alexander Smith

Image
God has thickly strewn infinity with grandeur.
Alexander Smith
Image
Style, after all, rather than thought, is the immortal thing in literature.
Alexander Smith
Image
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
Image
A man does not plant a tree for himself he plants it for posterity.
Alexander Smith
Image
Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.
Alexander Smith
Image
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. If we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears.
Alexander Smith
Image
There is a certain even-handed justice in Time and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity of limb and spirit, and in its place he brings tranquility and repose—the mild autumnal weather of the soul.
Alexander Smith
Image
If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
Alexander Smith
Image
Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.
Alexander Smith
Image
A poem round and perfect as a star.
Alexander Smith
Image
My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.
Alexander Smith
Image
The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time.
Alexander Smith
Image
How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.
Alexander Smith
Image
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
Alexander Smith
Image
Most brilliant star upon the crest of Time Is England. England!
Alexander Smith
Image
In my garden I spend my days, in my library I spend my nights. My interests are divided between my geraniums and my books. With the flower I am in the present with the book I am in the past.
Alexander Smith
Image
In my garden, care stops at the gate and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.
Alexander Smith
Image
Everything is sweetened by risk.
Alexander Smith
Image
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
Image
The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.
Alexander Smith