He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.
Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life. - Robert Louis Stevenson
The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.
If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bit… - Robert Louis Stevenson
If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bit…
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. - Robert Louis Stevenson
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our… - Robert Louis Stevenson
In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our…
Don't ever confuse motion with progress. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Don't ever confuse motion with progress.
To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden. - Robert Louis Stevenson
To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.
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