"Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity."
-Robert Louis Stevenson
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"That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.“
-Robert Louis Stevenson
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"The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy."
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"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."
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"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
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"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
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"You cannot run away from weakness you must some time fight it out or perish and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?"
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