Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
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.
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It’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
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The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
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You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
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Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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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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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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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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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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