The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

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

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

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...

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...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

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

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

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...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

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...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

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...

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...

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...

Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

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 world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...