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Posted on December 27, 2023December 26, 2023

“For God’s sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

Posted on November 16, 2022November 15, 2022

“One’s prime is elusive.”—Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, 1918-2006

Posted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

Posted on March 16, 2021March 16, 2021

“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

“Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

Posted on July 18, 2020July 18, 2020

“Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone but principally by catchwords.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

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