The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONI 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.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
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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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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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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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