Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONYou think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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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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Wine is bottled poetry.
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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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There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
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All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
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So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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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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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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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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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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