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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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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
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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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My heart like moon-charmed waters, all unrest.
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Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.
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A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.
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I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent of Eden's roses yet lingered in it, while it vibrated only to the world's first brood of nightingales, and to the laugh of Eve. I see the pyramids building I hear the shoutings of the armies of Alexander.
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In my garden I spend my days in my library I spend my nights.
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The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.
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Most brilliant star upon the crest of Time Is England. England!
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