It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.
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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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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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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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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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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
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For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
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Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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