Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.

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...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

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...

If we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship...

If we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship...

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.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

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...

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

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

Don't judge each day 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 plant.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.