It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this wo… - Robert Louis Stevenson

" "
It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind letters . . . I should be inclined to think our life a practical jest in the worst possible spirit.

Robert Louis Stevenson

English

Collect this quote

About Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Robert Luis Stivensoni • Shih-ti-wen-sheng • Stivenson • Robert Loui Sitivensin • Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson • Robert Lui Stivenson • RL Stivenson • RL Stevenson • RLS • R. L. Stevenson • Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson

All quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Robert Louis Stevenson:

Charles Dickens John Buchan John Steinbeck Samuel Johnson Hilaire Belloc

Additional quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

It was for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills. Sir, if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face?

Men have before hired bravos to transact their crimes, while their own person and reputation say under shelter.

There was something strange in my sensations, indescribably new and incredibly sweet. I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be tenfold more wicked and the thought delighted me like wine.

It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind let… - Robert Louis Stevenson

About Robert Louis Stevenson

Also Known As

Go Premium

Additional quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI