"To be idle requires a strong sense of…" — Robert Louis Stevenson
"To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity."
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364 Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson has 364 quotes on this site.
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A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect.
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An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign…
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I would rather do a good hours work weeding than write two pages of my best; nothing is so interesting…
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I lived on rum, I tell you. It's been meat and drink, and man and wife, to me.
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Saints are sinners who kept on going.
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All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of…
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In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we…
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It is the property of things seen for the first time, or for the first time after long, like the…
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Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon…
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To make our morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of…
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If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say "give them up," for…
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All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete.
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The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be…
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They…
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We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense…
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I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever…
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and…
— Diane Ackerman
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I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'
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Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of…
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It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're…
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I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any…
— Edward de Bono
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We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the…
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