I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMarriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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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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An elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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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.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
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We must accept life for what it actually is – a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.
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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
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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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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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