Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMan is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
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To forget oneself is to be happy.
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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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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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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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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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being 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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