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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers Quotes
A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note.
Source:
Essay 3. An Apology for Idlers (1877), Page 132
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Book:
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
Writer:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Genre:
Essays
Published:
1881
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