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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety...

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

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

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

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

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

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue