Alexander Smith (31 December 1829 – 5 January 1867, 8 January according to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ) was a Scottish poet, and labelled as one of the Spasmodic School .
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Everything is sweetened by risk. Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. Go to Quote / Comment
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. Go to Quote / Comment
Memory is a man's real possession...In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. Go to Quote / Comment