If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOld and young, we are all on our last cruise.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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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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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
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When 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.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.
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When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.
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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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