There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONYou 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?
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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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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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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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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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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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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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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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
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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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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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