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Robert Louis Stevenson

Writer

Robert Louis Stevenson is celebrated for his adventurous and imaginative storytelling, which has captivated readers for generations. His works explore themes of courage, morality, and the human spirit, blending thrilling narratives with profound insight. The following quotes reflect his wisdom, creativity, and the timeless appeal of his literary legacy.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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Topic: Motivational
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.
From Kidnapped
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Topic: Inspirational
Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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Topic: Success
To travel hopefully is better than to have arrived.
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Topic: Hope
Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.
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Topic: Motivational
Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door;
Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shore
Where neither piping bird nor peeping dawn
Disturbs the eternal sleep,
But in the stillness far withdrawn
Our dreamless rest for evermore we keep.
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Topic: Death
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
From An Apology for Idlers
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Topic: Happiness
But that's the strange thing about you folk of the college learning: ye're ignorant, and ye canna see't. Wae's me for my Greek and Hebrew; but, man, I ken that I dinna ken them--- there's the differ of it.
From David Balfour
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Topic: Education
Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Topic: Funny
The world is so full of a number of things, I ’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
From A Child's Garden of Verses
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Topic: Happiness, Inspirational
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Topic: Life
REQUIEM

Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie:
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he long'd to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
From Selected Poems
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Topic: Death
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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Topic: Inspirational
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.
From Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
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Topic: Inspirational
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
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Topic: Inspirational
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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Topic: Motivational
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.
From Kidnapped
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Topic: Inspirational
Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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Topic: Success
To travel hopefully is better than to have arrived.
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Topic: Hope
Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.
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Topic: Motivational
Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door;
Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shore
Where neither piping bird nor peeping dawn
Disturbs the eternal sleep,
But in the stillness far withdrawn
Our dreamless rest for evermore we keep.
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Topic: Death
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
From An Apology for Idlers
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Topic: Happiness
But that's the strange thing about you folk of the college learning: ye're ignorant, and ye canna see't. Wae's me for my Greek and Hebrew; but, man, I ken that I dinna ken them--- there's the differ of it.
From David Balfour
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Topic: Education
Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Topic: Funny
The world is so full of a number of things, I ’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
From A Child's Garden of Verses
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Topic: Happiness, Inspirational
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Topic: Life
REQUIEM

Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie:
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he long'd to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
From Selected Poems
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Topic: Death
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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Topic: Inspirational
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.
From Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
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Topic: Inspirational
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
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Topic: Inspirational
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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Topic: Motivational
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.
From Kidnapped
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Topic: Inspirational
Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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Topic: Success
To travel hopefully is better than to have arrived.
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Topic: Hope
Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.
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Topic: Motivational
Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door;
Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shore
Where neither piping bird nor peeping dawn
Disturbs the eternal sleep,
But in the stillness far withdrawn
Our dreamless rest for evermore we keep.
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Topic: Death
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
From An Apology for Idlers
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Topic: Happiness
But that's the strange thing about you folk of the college learning: ye're ignorant, and ye canna see't. Wae's me for my Greek and Hebrew; but, man, I ken that I dinna ken them--- there's the differ of it.
From David Balfour
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Topic: Education
Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
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Topic: Funny
The world is so full of a number of things, I ’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
From A Child's Garden of Verses
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Topic: Happiness, Inspirational
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Topic: Life
REQUIEM

Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie:
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he long'd to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
From Selected Poems
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Topic: Death
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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Topic: Inspirational
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.
From Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
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Topic: Inspirational
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
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Topic: Inspirational