The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
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I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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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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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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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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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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