I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONFor my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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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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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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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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Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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When 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.
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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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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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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
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