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Alexander Smith was a 19th-century British poet known for his lyrical and narrative poems. His works are celebrated for their deep emotion and unique style, and have had a profound influence on later poets.

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Famous Alexander Smith Quotes

“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.”

Men World Humans May Has Beens Results Produce Personality Notes Kingdoms Maps Globes Poorest Surveys Human Personality Savants

Book:Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

Source: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

“If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.”

Ifs Men Looks May Death Courses Wish Race Noble Gifted Superiority Assassination

Book:Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

Source: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

“Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.”

May Tears Sweet April Hem

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“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.”

May I Can Values Window Insight Thinker Commendable

Book:Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

Source: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

About the Author

Born: December 31, 1829
Died: January 5, 1867
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 102

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Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the CountryRelated source material

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A Life-drama, and Other PoemsRelated source material

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Poems ... Third editionRelated source material

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Books and GardensRelated source material

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