A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Self Identity Quotes

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

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...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

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

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

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

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

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

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.