There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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...

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

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

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

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his...

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his...

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.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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...

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental

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...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

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...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.