The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMarriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
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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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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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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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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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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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The world has no room for cowards.
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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