All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONEach has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
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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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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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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 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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