Alexander Smith Quote

A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.


Poems (ed. 1853)


A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.

A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.

A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.

A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.