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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.

Alexander Smith

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
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To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.
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Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings.
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Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.
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Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.
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I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.
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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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Nature never quite goes along with us. She is somber at weddings, sunny at funerals, and she frowns on ninety-nine out of a hundred picnics.
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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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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.
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To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.
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We twain have met like the ships upon the sea, Who behold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet: One little hour! and then, away they speed On lonely paths, through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more.
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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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