Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

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,...

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...

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

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...

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...

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there...

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there...

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The world is the court of God. The criminal is God; the punisher is God;...

The world is the court of God. The criminal is God; the punisher is God;...

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.