One 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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIn marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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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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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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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 better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.
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The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.
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