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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONTo be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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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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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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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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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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But to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.
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The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical.
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