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
forget forgetfulness oneself
To forget oneself is to be happy.
love relationship distance
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
unique spirit habit
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.
life business marketing
Everyone lives by selling something.
love inspirational life
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
strong identity idle
To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
indigestion reap
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
happiness being-happy humor
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
life retrospect action
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
funny life sweet
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
men vanity cases
Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
beauty nature eye
It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
inspirational motivational running
You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
inspirational life goal
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.