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The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all.
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
RL Stevenson
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They say cowardice is infectious but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener.
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Doubtless the world is quite right in a million ways but you have to be kicked about a little to convince you of the fact.
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