Nothing like a little judicious levity.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONNothing made by brute force lasts.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.
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The world has no room for cowards.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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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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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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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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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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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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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
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