Random Quote

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

— Benjamin Franklin

Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

quote 187

A [person] must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

The Treasure of Franchard

quote 188

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

— Robert Louis Stevenson