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 STEVENSONI shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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.
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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.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
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If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
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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.
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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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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.
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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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