4 Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes on Duty

Robert Louis Stevenson quotes on duty

38. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.

71. Gentleness and cheerfulness, these come before all morality; they are the perfect duties.

74. The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.

77. A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

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