The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Wine is bottled poetry.
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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 idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
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An elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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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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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
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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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