Quotes by Smith, Alexander

I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the >>

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in >>

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles >>

Quotations about Libraries

An hour spent in the library is worth a month in the laboratory. >>

Your library is your paradise. >>

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely >>

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.

Smith, Alexander