Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

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

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

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...

To forget oneself is to be happy.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

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...

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

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...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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 height of mediocrity is still low.

The height of mediocrity is still low.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.