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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

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

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

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

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

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

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

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...

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

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...

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...

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...

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

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

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

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...

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do...

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by...

Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by...

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the...

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the...