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A man finds he has been wrong at every stage of his career, only to deduce the astonishing conclusion that he is at last entirely right.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Age: 44 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 13
Died: 1894
Died: December 3
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I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.
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To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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I smoke a pipe abroad, because To all cigars I much prefer it, And as I scorn you social laws, My choice has nothing to deter it.
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