Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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...

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,...

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

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...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

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...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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...

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

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

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

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there...

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

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 body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.