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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: Scottish
Born: November 13, 1850
Died: December 3, 1894

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There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
Robert Louis Stevenson

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
Robert Louis Stevenson

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
Robert Louis Stevenson

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
Robert Louis Stevenson

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.
Robert Louis Stevenson

A friend is a gift you give yourself.
Robert Louis Stevenson

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
Robert Louis Stevenson

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Ambitious, Conceived, Console, Discourage, Generally, Mediocre, Mediocrity, Most, Our, Pocket, Their, Them, Use, Wisdom