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A great part of this life consists in contemplating what we cannot cure.
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 regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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