"There is no duty we underrate so much……" — Robert Louis Stevenson
"There is no duty we underrate so much as the duty of being happy."
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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364 Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson
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A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign…
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I would rather do a good hours work weeding than write two pages of my best; nothing is so interesting…
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I lived on rum, I tell you. It's been meat and drink, and man and wife, to me.
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Saints are sinners who kept on going.
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All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of…
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In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we…
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It is the property of things seen for the first time, or for the first time after long, like the…
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Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon…
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To make our morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of…
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If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say "give them up," for…
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All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete.
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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy…
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
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Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed…
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual…
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
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I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's…
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the…
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Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
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You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure…
— Lydia M. Child
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Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be…
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