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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

It is not enough to be ready to go where duty calls. A man should stand around where he can hear the call! Picture Quote #1

He who has learned to love an art or science has wisely laid up riches against the day of riches Picture Quote #1

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy Picture Quote #1

I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life Picture Quote #1

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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral Picture Quote #1

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves Picture Quote #1

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm Picture Quote #1

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend Picture Quote #1

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye Picture Quote #1

The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect Picture Quote #1

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may Picture Quote #1

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world Picture Quote #1

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life Picture Quote #1

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series Picture Quote #1

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When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory Picture Quote #1

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine Picture Quote #1

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire Picture Quote #1

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind Picture Quote #1

In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves Picture Quote #1

Doubtless the world is quite right in a million ways; but you have to be kicked about a little to convince you of the fact Picture Quote #1

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So soon as prudence has begun to grow up in the brain, like a dismal fungus, it finds its first expression in a paralysis of generous acts Picture Quote #1

Sing a song of seasons; something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall Picture Quote #1

There can be no fairer ambition than to excel in talk; to be affable, gay, ready, clear, and welcome Picture Quote #1

It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life and take everything as it comes in a forlorn stupidity Picture Quote #1

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, both in mind and body Picture Quote #1

All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age Picture Quote #1

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It is not enough to be ready to go where duty calls. A man should stand around where he can hear the call! (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) He who has learned to love an art or science has wisely laid up riches against the day of riches (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) 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 (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) 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 Quotes) There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) 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 Quotes) To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Doubtless the world is quite right in a million ways; but you have to be kicked about a little to convince you of the fact (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) So soon as prudence has begun to grow up in the brain, like a dismal fungus, it finds its first expression in a paralysis of generous acts (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Sing a song of seasons; something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) There can be no fairer ambition than to excel in talk; to be affable, gay, ready, clear, and welcome (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life and take everything as it comes in a forlorn stupidity (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, both in mind and body (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes) All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age (Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes)

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