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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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...

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Every one lives by selling something.

Every one lives by selling something.

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

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

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

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

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

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish;...

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish;...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.