Quote by: Robert Louis Stevenson

To be honest, to be kind - to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation - above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself - here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy. He has an ambitious soul who would ask more; he has a hopeful spirit who should look in such an enterprise to be successful.


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  • NameRobert Louis Stevenson
  • DescriptionScottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
  • AliasesRobert Louis Balfour Stevenson
  • BornNovember 13, 1850
  • DiedDecember 3, 1894
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Essayist; Novelist; Short Story Writer; Children's Writer
  • WorksTreasure Island; Kidnapped; The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde