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The only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner.
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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Edinburgh
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When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.
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The spirit, Sir, is one of mockery.
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Friends: People who know you well, but like you anyway. The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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I am painfully situated, Utterson my position is a very strange - a very strange one. It is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.
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