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Some books are drenchèd sandsOn which a great soul's wealth lies all in heaps,Like a wrecked argosy.

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Books
Lying
Soul
Book
Drench
Great
Heaps
Like
Wrecked
Lies
Wealth

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Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid.
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A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.
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Winter does not work only on a broad scale he is careful in trifles.
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How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.
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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.
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The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself.
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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.
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Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.
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