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

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

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which...

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which...

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...

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

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...

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

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.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

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...

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 saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

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

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

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

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

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

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

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.