Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

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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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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Respectability is a very good thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations. I would not for a moment venture to hint that it was a matter of taste; but I think I will go as far as this: that if a position is admittedly unkind, uncomfortable, unnecessary, and superfluously useless, although it were as respectableasthe Church of England, the sooner a man is out of it, the better for himself, and all concerned.

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After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths.

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In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

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Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.

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Things looked at patiently from one side after another generally end by showing a side that is beautiful.

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Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by.

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Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality, and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

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A good conscience is eight parts of courage.

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Nobody speaks of a beautifful view for 5 minutes

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Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.

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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

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The child that is not clean and neat, With lots of toys and things to eat, He is a naughty child, I'm sure-- Or else his dear Papa is poor.

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A great part of this life consists in contemplating what we cannot cure.

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Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying, Blows the wind on the moors to-day and now, Where about the graves of the martyrs the whaups are crying, My heart remembers how!

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Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.

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Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese--toasted mostly.

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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

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