To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOld and young, we are all on our last cruise.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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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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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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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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Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
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If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.
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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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