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The only thing a man knows is himself.

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Thing
Men

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Winter does not work only on a broad scale he is careful in trifles.
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Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.
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Not on the stage alone, in the world also, a man's real character comes out best in his asides.
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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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Yet through all, we know this tangled skein is in the hands of One, Who sees the end from the beginning: He shall unravel all.
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My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.
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The globe has been circumnavigated, but no man ever yet has you may survey a kingdom and note the result in maps, but all the savants in the world could not produce a reliable map of the poorest human personality.
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The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in god and woman.
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I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
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The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.
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The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him.
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Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than the harmony of words. To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
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In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.
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Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.
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A tender sadness drops upon my soul, like the soft twilight dropping on the world.
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It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word.
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Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
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