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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONAbsences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
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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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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
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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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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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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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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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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.
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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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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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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