Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONSo long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
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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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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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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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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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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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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
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Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
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If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
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