By the time a man gets well into his seventies his continued existence is a mere miracle. Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes From Robert Louis Stevenson Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. Robert Louis Stevenson businessworkmen Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today. Robert Louis Stevenson harvestplanttoday 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. Robert Louis Stevenson buddhistbabydeath There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. Robert Louis Stevenson journeyinspirationaltravel His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into sober and fearful gratitude by the many he had come so near to doing, yet avoided. Robert Louis Stevenson gratitudemenpast Every man has a sane spot somewhere. Robert Louis Stevenson spotssanemen In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being. Robert Louis Stevenson selfishmarriagehusband An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity. Robert Louis Stevenson philosophyyearsart I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin. Robert Louis Stevenson spiritualanimalmemories Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest Robert Louis Stevenson waking-lifedevilsuicide To forget oneself is to be happy. Robert Louis Stevenson forgetfulnessoneselfforget To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden. Robert Louis Stevenson inspirational-lovegardenlove-is The fact is, we are much more afraid of life than our ancestors, and cannot find it inourhearts either tomarry or not tomarry.Marriage isterrifying, but so is a cold and forlorn old age. Robert Louis Stevenson coldagefacts You must suffer me to go my own dark way. Robert Louis Stevenson sufferingdarkway We should wipe two words from our vocabulary: gratitude and charity. In real life, help is given out of friendship, or it is not valued; it is received from the hand of friendship, or it is resented. Robert Louis Stevenson gratituderealhands Things looked at patiently from one side after another generally end by showing a side that is beautiful. Robert Louis Stevenson perspectivesidesbeautiful To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser. It is as if a ship captain should sail to India from the Port of London; and having brought a chart of the Thames on deck at his first setting out, should obstinately use no other for the whole voyage. Robert Louis Stevenson londonviewsyears Here it is about gentlemen of fortune. They lives rough, and they risk swinging, but they eat and drink like fighting-cocks, and when a cruise is done, why, it's hundreds of pounds instead of hundreds of farthings in their pockets. Robert Louis Stevenson riskgentlemanfighting Jew storekeepers have already learned the advantage to be gained from this [unlimited credit]: they lead on the farmer into irretrievable indebtedness, and keep him ever after as their bondslave hopelessly grinding in the mill. Robert Louis Stevenson ever-afteradvantagecredit Life is not a matter of holding good cards Robert Louis Stevenson matterlife-iscards
