The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude...

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

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...

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

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

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

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

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

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

Every one lives by selling something.

Every one lives by selling something.

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...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

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.

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

If growing up is the process of creating ideas and dreams about what life should...

If growing up is the process of creating ideas and dreams about what life should...

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

From the ages of 8-18, me and my family moved around a lot. Mostly we...

From the ages of 8-18, me and my family moved around a lot. Mostly we...