It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

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.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

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

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

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

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...

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...

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...

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

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...

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

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

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

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

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Live your life and forget your age.

Live your life and forget your age.

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are...

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are...