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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

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...

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 Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

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.

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

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

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

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

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...

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...

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

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...

All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.

All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

We ultimately inhabit the landscape of our own imaginings.

We ultimately inhabit the landscape of our own imaginings.

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.