When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly wide

The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly wide

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

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...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

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...

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

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...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...

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

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

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...

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...

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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

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

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...

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....