The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

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...

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

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...

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

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...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

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...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality...

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality...

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...

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand...

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand...