Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes - Page 2

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

Noble disappointment, noble self-denial are not to be admired, not even to be pardoned, if they bring bitterness. It is one thing to enter the kingdom of heaven maim; another to maim yourself and stay without.

It may be argued again that dissatisfaction with our life's endeavor springs in some degree from dulness. We require higher tasks, because we do not recognise the height of those we have.

For marriage is like life in this - that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

Times are changed with him who marries; there are no more by-path meadows where you may innocently linger, but the road lies long and straight and dusty to the grave

Alas! in the clothes of the greatest potentate, what is there but a man?

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 after ward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honour. It is human at least, if not divine.

Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?"

Deed, and I don't, know" said Alan. "For just precisely what I thought I liked about ye, was that ye never quarrelled: - and now I like ye better!

Wine is bottled poetry

A good conscience is eight parts of courage.

He recollected his courage.

...with a strong strong glow of courage, drank off the potion.

Don't you know Poole, you and I are about to place ourselves in a position of some peril?

I never drew a picture of anything that was before me but always from fancy, a sure sign of the absence of artistic eyesight; and I illustrated my lack of real feeling for art by a very early speech: 'Mama,' said I, 'I have drawed a man. Shall I draw his soul now?