An imperturbable demeanour comes from perfect patience. Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their ow… - Robert Louis Stevenson

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An imperturbable demeanour comes from perfect patience. Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

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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.

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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
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"For thirty years," he said, "I've sailed the seas and seen good and bad, better and worse, fair weather and foul, provisions running out, knives going, and what not. Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views — amen, so be it."

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