I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOne person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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An elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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The world has no room for cowards.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.
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