The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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...

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...

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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...

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

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

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

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...

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...

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

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

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

The most important thing for us is to save lives.

The most important thing for us is to save lives.

Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the...

Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the...

The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor

The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...