There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONAbsences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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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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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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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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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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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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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
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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 forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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