The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
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I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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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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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
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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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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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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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To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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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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