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The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Age: 44 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 13
Died: 1894
Died: December 3
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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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-I am not sure whether he's sane. -If there's any doubt about the matter, he is.
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Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.
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The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain common work as it comes certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things of life.
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Go, little book, and wish to all Flowers in the garden, meat in the hall, A bin of wine, a spice of wit, A house with lawns enclosing it, A living river by the door, A nightingale in the sycamore!
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If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
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It is a mere illusion that, above a certain income, the personal desires will be satisfied and leave a wider margin for the generous impulse.
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