In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThere is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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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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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.
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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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Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
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Most 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.
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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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Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
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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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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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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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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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