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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONNothing like a little judicious levity.
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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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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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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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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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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
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The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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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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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
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