If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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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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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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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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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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The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical.
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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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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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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
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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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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
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