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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
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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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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
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When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.
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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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Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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To forget oneself is to be happy.
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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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