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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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

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

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.

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...

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...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the 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...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

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

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

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese - toasted, mostly.

Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese - toasted, mostly.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon...

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon...

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.

A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.

Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.