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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

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...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

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 better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly wide

The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly wide

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

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

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

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

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

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

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

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.

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...

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

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

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.