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One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.
Alexander Smith
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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
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Cille Mheàrnaig
Good
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Never
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Misfortunes
Horrible
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Others
Overtaken
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The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.
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Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with a certain awe, because one finds therein no recognition. The years behind have a friendly aspect, and they are warmed by the fires we have kindled, and all their echoes are the echoes of our own voices.
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To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.
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A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel where all are speakers and no hearers.
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The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him.
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