I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWell, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
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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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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But to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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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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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
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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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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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