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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONTalk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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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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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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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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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
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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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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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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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An elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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