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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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.

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

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...

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

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

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

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

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

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

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

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

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

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...

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in...

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.