Nothing made by brute force lasts.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWhen it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
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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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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 be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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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 mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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