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.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONAn elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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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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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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
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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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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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To forget oneself is to be happy.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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Everyone lives by selling something.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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