Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

If we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship...

If we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship...

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for...

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for...