Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWe all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
More 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 -
Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
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 -
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
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 -
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
It’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON -
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON