The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

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...

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

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

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

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

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...

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...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

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...