Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONBooks are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
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To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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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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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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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.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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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?
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