I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.
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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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By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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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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We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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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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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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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 not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
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