A friend is a gift you give yourself.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOnce you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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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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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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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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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
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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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Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
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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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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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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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