Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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...

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...

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

If we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship...

If we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship...

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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...

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...

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

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...

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental

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...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

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...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...