We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONNothing like a little judicious levity.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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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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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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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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There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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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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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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