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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The cruelest lies are often told in silence

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

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...

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...

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...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

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...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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...

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 obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

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...

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

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

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

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love...

I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love...

7 colors make a rainbow, 7 chords make a music, 7 days make a week,...

7 colors make a rainbow, 7 chords make a music, 7 days make a week,...