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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThere 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.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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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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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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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
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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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So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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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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