I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWell, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.
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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
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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.
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Wine is bottled poetry.
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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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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.
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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.
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Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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