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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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;...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

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...

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.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality...

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality...

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

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...

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

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...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

The existence of a man is so small a thing to take, so mighty a...

The existence of a man is so small a thing to take, so mighty a...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

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...

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?

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.