An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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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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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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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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All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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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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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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