"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit."
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Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson
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"Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies."
Robert Louis Stevenson"A friend is a gift you give yourself."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Every man has a sane spot somewhere."
Robert Louis Stevenson"All human beings are commingled out of good and evil."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."
Robert Louis Stevenson"It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect."
Robert Louis Stevenson"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
Robert Louis Stevenson"To forget oneself is to be happy."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Nothing like a little judicious levity."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind."
Robert Louis Stevenson"There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."
Robert Louis Stevenson"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding."
Robert Louis Stevenson"You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes."
Robert Louis Stevenson"To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate."
Robert Louis Stevenson"That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer."
Robert Louis Stevenson"Wine is bottled poetry."
Robert Louis Stevenson"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."
Robert Louis Stevenson"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."
Robert Louis Stevenson"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
Robert Louis Stevenson