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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Robert Louis Stevenson quotes

Scottish Writer November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894

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Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Sightseeing is the art of disappointment."
Sightseeing is the art of disappointment. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "The cruelest lies are often told in silence."
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but..."
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of..."
Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences. Robert Louis Stevenson
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. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a..."
Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference. Robert Louis Stevenson
There is a kind of gaping admiration that would fain roll Shakespeare and Bacon into one, to have a bigger thing to gape at; and a class of men who cannot edit one author without disparaging all others. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the..."
To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be..."
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. Robert Louis Stevenson
Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality, and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson
Now this was one of the things I had been brought up to eschew like disgrace; it being held by my father neither the part of a Christian nor yet of a gentleman to set his own livelihood and fish for that of others, on the cast of painted pasteboard. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "A true writer is someone the gods have called to the task."
A true writer is someone the gods have called to the task. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity."
To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "I've a grand memory for forgetting."
I've a grand memory for forgetting. Robert Louis Stevenson
And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all. Robert Louis Stevenson

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