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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move Picture Quote #1

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own Picture Quote #1

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand? Picture Quote #1

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind Picture Quote #1

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move Picture Quote #1

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies Picture Quote #1

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I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered Picture Quote #1

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him Picture Quote #1

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being Picture Quote #1

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature Picture Quote #1

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There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change Picture Quote #1

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last Picture Quote #1

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend Picture Quote #1

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys not to meddle with my toys Picture Quote #1

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life Picture Quote #1

For the forest takes away from you all excuse to die. There is nothing here to cabin or thwart your free desires. Here all impudences of the brawling world reach you no more Picture Quote #1

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A man should stop his ears against paralyzing terror and run the race that is set before him with a single mind Picture Quote #1

Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral: a thing as simple and specious as a statue to the first glance, and yet on examination, as lively and interesting as a forest in detail Picture Quote #1

It is almost as if the millennium were arrived, when we shall throw our clocks and watches over the housetop, and remember time and seasons no more. Not to keep hours for a lifetime is... to live forever Picture Quote #1

You have no idea, unless you have tried it, how endlessly long is a summer’s day, that you measure out only by hunger, and bring to an end only when you are drowsy Picture Quote #1

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 the thieves Picture Quote #1

The bourgeoisie’s weapon is starvation. If as a writer or artist you run counter to their narrow notions they simplyand silently withdraw your means of subsistence. I sometimes wonder how many people of talent are executed in this way every year Picture Quote #1

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The saddest object in civilization, and to my mind the greatest confession of its failure, is the man who can work, who wants work, and who is not allowed to work Picture Quote #1

For will anyone dare to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling among boats? He must have never seen a boat, or never seen an office, who says so Picture Quote #1

Extreme busyness, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality Picture Quote #1

By the time a man gets well into his seventies his continued existence is a mere miracle Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Our affections and beliefs are wiser than we; the best that is in us is better than we can understand; for it is grounded beyond experience, and guides us, blindfold but safe, from one age on to another Picture Quote #1

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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand? (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) 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 Quotes) The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys not to meddle with my toys (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) For the forest takes away from you all excuse to die. There is nothing here to cabin or thwart your free desires. Here all impudences of the brawling world reach you no more (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) A man should stop his ears against paralyzing terror and run the race that is set before him with a single mind (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral: a thing as simple and specious as a statue to the first glance, and yet on examination, as lively and interesting as a forest in detail (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) It is almost as if the millennium were arrived, when we shall throw our clocks and watches over the housetop, and remember time and seasons no more. Not to keep hours for a lifetime is... to live forever (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) You have no idea, unless you have tried it, how endlessly long is a summer’s day, that you measure out only by hunger, and bring to an end only when you are drowsy (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) 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 the thieves (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) The bourgeoisie’s weapon is starvation. If as a writer or artist you run counter to their narrow notions they simplyand silently withdraw your means of subsistence. I sometimes wonder how many people of talent are executed in this way every year (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) The saddest object in civilization, and to my mind the greatest confession of its failure, is the man who can work, who wants work, and who is not allowed to work (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) For will anyone dare to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling among boats? He must have never seen a boat, or never seen an office, who says so (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Extreme busyness, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) By the time a man gets well into his seventies his continued existence is a mere miracle (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) 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 (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Our affections and beliefs are wiser than we; the best that is in us is better than we can understand; for it is grounded beyond experience, and guides us, blindfold but safe, from one age on to another (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes)

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