You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOur business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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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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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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Yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.
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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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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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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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