26
To ask to see some fruit of our endeavour is but a transcendental way of serving for reward; and what we take to be contempt of self is only greed of hire.
The complete collection
The quote database
Every quote we hold, 1549 of them from 213 people across 387 works. Filter it, sort it, and follow any citation back to the source.
1529 checked at source
Filter the collection
Category
Feeling
Attribution
27 quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson · clear filters
27
Noble disappointment, noble self-denial, are not to be admired, not even to be pardoned, if they bring bitterness.