“The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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The web, then, or the pattern, a
“The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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It is a golden maxim to cultivate
“It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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To be wholly devoted to some intellectual
“To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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In marriage, a man becomes slack and
“In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Books are good enough in their own
“Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Politics is perhaps the only profession for
“Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.”
— 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
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Give us grace and strength to forbear
“Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Category: courage
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You can forgive people who do not
“You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; 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.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Category: marriage
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