In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOld and young, we are all on our last cruise.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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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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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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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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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.
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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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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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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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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
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