Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONVanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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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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To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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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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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.
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When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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