Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference. Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes From Robert Louis Stevenson So soon as prudence has begun to grow up in the brain, like a dismal fungus, it finds its first expression in a paralysis of generous acts. Robert Louis Stevenson growing-upexpressionbrain In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations. Robert Louis Stevenson statuteslimitslaw There is but one art, to omit. Robert Louis Stevenson editorsart We look for some reward of our endeavors and are disappointed that not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns our ineffectual efforts to do well. Our frailties are invincible, our virtues barren; the battle goes sore against us to the going down of the sun. Robert Louis Stevenson optimismeffortbattle It is the property of things seen for the first time, or for the first time after long, like the flowers in spring, to reawaken in us the sharp edge of sense and that impression of mystic strangeness which otherwise passes out of life with the coming of years; but the sight of a loved face is what renews a man's character from the fountain upwards. Robert Louis Stevenson flowerspringcharacter And my heart springs up anew, Robert Louis Stevenson heartspringlife After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths. Robert Louis Stevenson great-poetpoetictruth Flower god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful, Robert Louis Stevenson songbeautifulchildren Sing a song of seasons; something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall. Robert Louis Stevenson naturesummersong Keep busy at something: a busy person never has time to be unhappy. Robert Louis Stevenson miserysadnessunhappy I hazard the guess that man will be ultimately known for a mere polity of multifarious, incongruous, and independent denizens. Robert Louis Stevenson hazardsindependentmen Do not forget that even as "to work is to worship" so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the first step to being pious. Robert Louis Stevenson worshipstepsfirsts All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete. Robert Louis Stevenson errorsstrongmistake If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say "give them up," for they may be all you have; but conceal them like a vice, lest they should spoil the lives of better and simpler people. Robert Louis Stevenson vicesgivingpeople To make our morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellow men a secret element of gusto. Robert Louis Stevenson imaginationsecretmen Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often makes its entrance from the mother's corpse. Robert Louis Stevenson motherkindnessdeath All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age. Robert Louis Stevenson illusionyouthage An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself. Robert Louis Stevenson successheartlife When the grass was closely mown, Robert Louis Stevenson seaspringrunning Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to see the sunrise in town and country; to be converted at a revival; to circumnavigate the metaphysics, write halting verses, run a mile to see a fire, and wait all day long in the theatre to applaud Hernani. Robert Louis Stevenson successlifecountry
