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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes: My idea of man's chief end was to enrich the world with things of beauty, and have a fairly good time myself while doing so.
         

My idea of man's chief end was to enrich the world with things of beauty, and have a fairly good time myself while doing so.


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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

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.

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 travels is an honest friend.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.



A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.



Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.



Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.



An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.



I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.



Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.



It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.





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