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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThat man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.
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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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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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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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When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward.
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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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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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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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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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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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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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