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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONSo 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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMost 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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThere is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONI’ve a grand memory for forgetting.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONYou can kill the body but not the spirit.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONAll speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONCompromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONKeep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe cruelest lies are often told in silence.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONFiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONBy being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWhen I am grown to man’s estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONYou can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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