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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Robert Louis Stevenson quotes

Scottish Writer November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894

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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the..."
Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest Robert Louis Stevenson
It was for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills. Sir, if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face? Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what..."
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must..."
You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else. Robert Louis Stevenson
Noble disappointment, noble self-denial are not to be admired, not even to be pardoned, if they bring bitterness. It is one thing to enter the kingdom of heaven maim; another to maim yourself and stay without. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to..."
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less..."
Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "And he took another swallow of the brandy, shaking his great..."
And he took another swallow of the brandy, shaking his great fair head like a man who looks forward to the worst. Robert Louis Stevenson
When I suffer in mind, stories are my refuge; I take them like opium; and consider one who writes them as a sort of doctor of the mind. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "You must suffer me to go my own dark way."
You must suffer me to go my own dark way. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Some day, Utterson, after I am dead, you may perhaps come to..."
Some day, Utterson, after I am dead, you may perhaps come to learn the right and wrong of this. I cannot tell you. ~Landon Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Some day...after I am dead, you may perhaps come to learn the..."
Some day...after I am dead, you may perhaps come to learn the right and wrong of this. I cannot tell you. Robert Louis Stevenson
Call up your vermin to your back, sir, and fall on! The sooner the clash begins, the sooner ye'll taste this steel throughout your vitals. Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debateare as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements andalarms cast the die for any tempted and trembling sinner; and itfell out with me, as it falls with so vast a majority of myfellows, that I chose the better part and was found wanting in thestrength to keep to it. Robert Louis Stevenson

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