There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to…

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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...

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...

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...

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

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...

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

To forget oneself is to be happy.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

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...

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...

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...

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...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

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.

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon...

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

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

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