Alexander Smith Quotes


The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new.


Citations

Smith, Alexander. Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country. Alexander Strahan & Co., 1863, p. 43.

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Alexander Smith
Alexander Smith
  • Born: December 31, 1829
  • Died: January 5, 1867
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Profession: Poet

Alexander Smith was a Scottish poet, labelled as one of the Spasmodic School, and essayist.