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 STEVENSONWine is bottled poetry.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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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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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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But to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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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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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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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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