I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMost 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.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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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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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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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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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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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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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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The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
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The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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The world has no room for cowards.
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It’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
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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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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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