Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOnce you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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Yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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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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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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An elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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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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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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The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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