To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONTo forget oneself is to be happy.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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When I am grown to man’s estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
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It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
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So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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