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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers Quotes

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catchwords.

Source:Essay 1. Virginibus Puerisque, Part II (1881), Page 41
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Robert Louis Stevenson (Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers Quotes)
  • Book: Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
  • Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Genre: Essays
  • Published: 1881
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