816 Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

Away down the river, A hundred miles or more, Other little children Shall bring my boats ashore.

Nobody speaks of a beautifful view for 5 minutes

Everything is true; only the opposite is true too; you must believe both equally or be damned.

He was in that humour when a man will cut off his nose to spite his face.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Don’t ever confuse motion with progress.

Che lo volessi o no, ero omai confinato nella parte migliore della mia esistenza. Quanto godetti di questo pensiero!

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.

I incline to Cain’s heresy,′ he used to say quaintly: ‘I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.’ In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men.