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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

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.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

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...

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

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

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

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...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

No man is useless while he has a friend.

No man is useless while he has a friend.

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...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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...

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...