Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONBy being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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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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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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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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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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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
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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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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.
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It’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
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