Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.
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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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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Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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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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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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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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It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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It’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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