It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThat man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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 is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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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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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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One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.
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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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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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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
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