Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevensonwas a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and A Child's Garden of Verses...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 November 1850
Robert Louis Stevenson quotes about
humility men two
There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.
judging importance understood
The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance.
mouths treasure-island intention
Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.
together looks salt
We got together in a few days a company of the toughest old salts imaginable--not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit.
body spirit
You can kill the body but not the spirit.
sea treasure glory
Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.
ships christianity christ
When Christ came into my life, I came about like a well-handled ship.
beauty nature eye
It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
dirty drinking alcohol
If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!
death baby buddhist
Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.
death lying father
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.
ideas people may
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.
night long cheese
Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese--toasted mostly.
inspiring book reading
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.