Scottish - Writer | November 13, 1850 - December 3, 1894
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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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.
ManYouSometimesNeedHimExpect
Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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You can kill the body but not the spirit.
YouBodySpirit
The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
GoodActionInevitableMarkAppears
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
FriendManUselessHeWhile
The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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