“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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You can give without loving, but you
“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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To travel hopefully is a better thing
“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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I am in the habit of looking
“I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category: nature
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
“Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Talk is by far the most accessible
“Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. 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.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category: money
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An aim in life is the only
“An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category: life
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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived
“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 Stevenson
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Perpetual devotion to what a man calls
“Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by
“Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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There is only one difference between a
“There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Category: life
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