The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWhen 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.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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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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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
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We must accept life for what it actually is – a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.
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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.
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To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
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But to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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