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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOf what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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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 a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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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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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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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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