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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It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

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...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

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

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

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...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

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

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

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.

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.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind

If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind