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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

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...

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.

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

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 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...

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

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...

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

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...

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.