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Them Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson
- If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say "give them up," for they may be all you…
- A Morning Prayer The day returns and brings us the petty round of irritating concerns and duties. Help us to play the man; help us…
- Had be been Shakespeare, he would then have written Troilus and Cressidato brand the offending sex; but being only a little dog, he began to…
- A knowledge that another has felt as we have felt, and seen things not much otherwise than we have seen them, will continue to the…
- The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make them the easier to destroy and forget. And a man…
- The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make them the easier to destroy and forget.
- Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their…
- There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among…
- When I suffer in mind, stories are my refuge; I take them like opium; and consider one who writes them as a sort of doctor…
- In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and…
- It is a great thing if you can persuade people that they are somehow or other partakers in a mystery. It makes them feel bigger.
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
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- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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