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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
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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
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Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.
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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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Pride's chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market.
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We are never happy we can only remember that we were so once.
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I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
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The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.
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Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. If we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears.
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