Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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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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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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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’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
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