Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

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....

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap ... but by the seeds you...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap ... but by the seeds you...

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

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

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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...

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

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...

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to...

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to...

Wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age (Solomon...

Wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age (Solomon...

NyQuil: The stuffy, sneezy, why-the-hell-is-the-room-spinning medicine.

NyQuil: The stuffy, sneezy, why-the-hell-is-the-room-spinning medicine.