Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMarriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
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Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
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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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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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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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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
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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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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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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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The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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