Quote#Death
"For thirty years," he said, "I’ve sailed the seas and seen good and…
Quote byRobert Louis Stevenson · 1850–1894
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Treasure Island (1883), Ch. 26, Israel Hands..
English (original)
"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."
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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