Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIn marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
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The world has no room for cowards.
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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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To forget oneself is to be happy.
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The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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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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It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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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.
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