There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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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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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.
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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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It 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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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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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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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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