Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONHe who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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Wine is bottled poetry.
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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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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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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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Yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.
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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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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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When 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.
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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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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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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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To forget oneself is to be happy.
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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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