When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

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

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

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there...

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there...

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body

Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

My only love sprung from my only hate.

My only love sprung from my only hate.