Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

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

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

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.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

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...

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

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

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety...

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety...

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...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

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...

Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.

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...

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.