Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
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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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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.
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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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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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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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