Robert Louis Stevenson

Once I guessed right,
And I got credit by't;
Thrice I guessed wrong,
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Once I guessed right,
And I got credit by't;
Thrice I guessed wrong,
And I kept my credit on.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the
very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim read more

It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the
very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim and Thummim
of respectability. . . . So strongly do we feel on this point,
indeed, that we are almost inclined to consider all who possess
really well-conditioned umbrellas as worthy of the Franchise.