It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONYou think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
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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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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
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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.
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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.
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I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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