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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: "O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature..."
O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being..."
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. Robert Louis Stevenson
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy"
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "To forget oneself is to be happy."
To forget oneself is to be happy. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely..."
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions. Robert Louis Stevenson
For I think we may look upon our little private war with death somewhat in this light. If a man knows he will sooner or later be robbed upon a journey, he will have a bottle of the best in every inn, and look upon all his extravagances as so much gained upon thieves....So every bit of brisk living, and above all when it is healthful, is just so much gained upon the wholesale filcher, death. We shall have the less in our pockets, the more in our stomachs, when he cries stand and deliver. ... Robert Louis Stevenson
I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very strange--a very strange one. It is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking. ~Jekyll Robert Louis Stevenson
After all, I reflected, I was like my neighbours; and then I smiled, comparing myself with other men, comparing my active goodwill with the lazy cruelty of their neglect. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "A friend is a gift you give yourself."
A friend is a gift you give yourself. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "A friend is a present you give yourself."
A friend is a present you give yourself. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon..."
The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "No man is useless while he has a friend."
No man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?"
Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends? Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Do you know Poole," he said, looking up, "that you and I are..."
Do you know Poole," he said, looking up, "that you and I are about to place ourselves in a position of some peril? Robert Louis Stevenson

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