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It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Age: 44 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 13
Died: 1894
Died: December 3
Essayist
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson
Robert Luis Stivensoni
Shih-ti-wen-sheng
Stivenson
Robert Loui Sitivensin
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
Robert Lui Stivenson
RL Stivenson
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In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer to forget oneself is to be happy.
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Sing a song of seasons something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall.
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Things looked at patiently from one side after another generally end by showing a side that is beautiful.
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It is not enough to be ready to go where duty calls. A man should stand around where he can hear the call!
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There are, indeed, few merrier spectacles than that of many windmills bickering together in a fresh breeze over a woody country their halting alacrity of movement, their pleasant business, making bread all day with uncouth gesticulation their air, gigantically human, as of a creature half alive, put a spirit of romance into the tamest landscape.
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Jekyll had more than a father's interest Hyde had more than a son's indifference.
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