I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONI am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
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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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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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