You 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?
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThere 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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All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
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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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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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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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The world has no room for cowards.
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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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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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