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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

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...

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,...

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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...

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.

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...

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...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

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.

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.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for...

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for...

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

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

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 truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

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

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

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

I could dance till the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with...

I could dance till the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with...

Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is...

Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is...