All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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

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

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

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

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 cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish;...

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish;...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by...

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

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

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly wide

The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly wide

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

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...

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...