Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
Top 10 Best Quotes
“There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.”
“Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?" Deed, and I don't, know" said Alan. "For just precisely what I thought I liked about ye, was that ye never quarrelled:—and now I like ye better!”
“To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.”
“I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.”
“I often think the happiest consequences seem to follow when a gentelman consults his lawyer, and takes all the law allows him.”
“But a word once spoken who can recapture it?”
“It's a chief principle in military affairs to go where ye are least expected.”
“Alan,” I cried, “I can stand no more of this.” “Ye’ll have to sit it then, Davie,”
“I cannot tell if I was more tired or more grateful. Both at least, I was: tired as I never was before that night; and grateful to Gd as I trust I have been often, though never with more cause.”
“Call up your vermin to your back, sir, and fall on! The sooner the clash begins, the sooner ye'll taste this steel throughout your vitals.”
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humility, friendship, fear, courage, goodness, inspirational
