Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

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.

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...

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind...

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

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

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

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand...

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand...

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

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 all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

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...