To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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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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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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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The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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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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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
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Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
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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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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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