Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
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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The obscurest epoch is today.
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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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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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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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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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To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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