Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOne person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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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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If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.
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An elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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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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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
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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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