There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONKeep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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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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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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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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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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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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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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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
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