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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMarriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.
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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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You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
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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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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.
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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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