An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONYou can kill the body but not the spirit.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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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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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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To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
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