Disappear Quote by Alexander Smith

“Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. If we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears.”

Alexander Smith

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Disappear Features Fingers Glimpse Happiness Ifs Lays Pulse Stealing

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In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare…

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In winter, when the dismal rain Comes down in slanting lines, And Wind, that grand old harper, smote His thunder-harp of pines.

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And in any case, to the old man, when the world becomes trite, the triteness arises not so much from a cessation as from a transference of interest. What is taken from this world is given to the next. The glory is in the east in the morning, it is in the west in the afternoon, and when it is…

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Most brilliant star upon the crest of Time Is England. England!

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In my garden, care stops at the gate and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.

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“I am disappearing, maybe I'm already gone.”

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Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.

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