Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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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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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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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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Everyone lives by selling something.
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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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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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Wine is bottled poetry.
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An elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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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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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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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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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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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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