"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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"You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.“
-Robert Louis Stevenson
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-Robert Louis Stevenson
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-Hans Urs von Balthasar
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-E. M. Forster
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