No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which makes me suspect that we hear too much of it in literature

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good...

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good...

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his...

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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,...

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

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

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...

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

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

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

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating...

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating...