Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

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The full truth of this odd matter is what the world has long been looking for and the public curiosity is sure to welcome.

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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

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A proposition of geometry does not compete with life; and a proposition of geometry is a fair and luminous parallel for a work of art. Both are reasonable, both untrue to the crude fact; both inhere in nature, neither represents it.

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Nobody speaks of a beautifful view for 5 minutes

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I have never seen the sea quiet round Treasure Island. The sun might blaze overhead, the air be without a breath, the surface smooth and blue, but still these great rollers would be running along all the external coast, thundering and thundering by day and night; and I scarce believe there is one spot in the island where a man would be out of earshot of their noise.

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Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

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I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe.

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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

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I smoke a pipe abroad, because To all cigars I much prefer it, And as I scorn you social laws, My choice has nothing to deter it.

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The difficulty is not to write, but to write what you mean.

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You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others.

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The physician...is the flower (such as it is) of our civilization.

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One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal Green - one more, and my bosom Feels new life with an ecstasy.

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To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.

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Marriage is a step so grave and decisive that it attracts light-headed, variable men by its very awfulness.

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An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils".

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