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The physician...is the flower (such as it is) of our civilization.
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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Since hate poisons the soul, don't cherish enmities or grudges: avoid people who make you unhappy.
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I sat in the sun on a bench the animal within me licking the chops of memory the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.
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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.
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Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.
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