Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Books Life

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Virginibus Puerisque

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "An Apology for Idlers." Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. "An Apology for Idlers." Essays I: Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, edited by Robert-Louis Abrahamson. Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

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The untented Kosmos my abode,
I pass, a willful stranger;
My mistress still the open road
And the bright eyes of danger.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson
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English
Time
1894 1890s 19th century
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Youth and Love." Songs of Travel. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896, st. 3.

Another quote from the 1880s

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the opium of the people.

Karl Marx

Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

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Decline of religion Religion

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Karl Marx
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Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Genre
Philosophical literature
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German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtspilosophie [On the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law]. Frankfurt, 1927.

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Marx, Karl. A Critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right". Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Another quote about Life

For every thing that lives is Holy.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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The sacred Life

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William Blake
Source
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Blake, William. "A Song of Liberty." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1794.

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Blake, William. "A Song of Liberty." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.