After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths. - Robert Louis Stevenson - Quotesmemo.com

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Robert Louis Stevenson

After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths.

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And this shall be for music when no one else is near, The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear! That only I remember, that only you admire, Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.

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I consider the success of my day based on the seeds I sow, not the harvest I reap.

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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.

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