Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONEvery man has a sane spot somewhere.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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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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If 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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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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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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When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
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To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
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The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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