A happy person walks in like another candle being lit.
Robert Louis Stevenson, An Apology for Idlers (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881)
A happy person walks in like another candle being lit.
Robert Louis Stevenson, An Apology for Idlers (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881)
What it means
Stevenson says a happy person is worth more than money found in the street. They make a room brighter just by entering. Be that light.
The source
"A happy person walks in like another candle being lit." Robert Louis Stevenson said it in An Apology for Idlers (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881). Written in English: Virginibus Puerisque, 1881.
"A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill; and their entrance into a room is as though another candle had been lighted."Original English (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881), An Apology for Idlers (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881). Text read at gutenberg.org.
Who said it
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). Scottish writer of Treasure Island who spent his last years in Samoa. His essays in Virginibus Puerisque (1881) defend hope, idleness and happiness.
Questions
- What does "A happy person walks in like another candle being lit." mean?
- Stevenson says a happy person is worth more than money found in the street. They make a room brighter just by entering. Be that light.
- Who said "A happy person walks in like another candle being lit."?
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). Source: An Apology for Idlers (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881).
- What is the original wording?
- A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill; and their entrance into a room is as though another candle had been lighted (Original English (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881)). Written in English: Virginibus Puerisque, 1881.
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"A happy person walks in like another candle being lit." (Robert Louis Stevenson, An Apology for Idlers (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881), trans. Original English (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881)). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/a-happy-person-walks-in-like-another-candle
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More from Robert Louis Stevenson
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- The true success is to labour.El Dorado (Virginibus Puerisque, 1881)
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