If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude...

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

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.

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...

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...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

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?

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...

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...

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...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

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.

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental

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

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

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

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

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

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.