It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
More Quotes By Robert Louis Stevenson
- All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
- Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.
- The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties...
- Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.
- There comes an end to all things; the most capacious measure is filled at last; and this brief...
- The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the...
- Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
- You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
- We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our...
- A friend is a gift you give yourself.
- Do not measure success by today’s harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.
- When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need...
- It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
- Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians,...
- Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private...
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