Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

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...

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

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

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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...

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...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

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...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

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...

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

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

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.