You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIf 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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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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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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Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.
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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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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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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.
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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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To forget oneself is to be happy.
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