Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONBy being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
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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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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.
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The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
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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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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition.
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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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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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