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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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...

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...

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

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

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

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

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...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety...

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

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...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

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

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

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

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.

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,...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.