Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes


There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.


Citations

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881, p. 119.

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Born: November 13, 1850
  • Died: December 3, 1894
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Profession: Novelist, Poet, Travel Writer

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for writing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, and A Child's Garden of Verses.