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.
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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To forget oneself is to be happy.
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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward.
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It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
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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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It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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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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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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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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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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