But to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOf what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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Wine is bottled poetry.
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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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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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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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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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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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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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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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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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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
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