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The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

Source:Chapter XI. Talk and Talkers: Second Paper, Page 184
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Robert Louis Stevenson (Memories and Portraits Quotes)
  • Book: Memories and Portraits
  • Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Genre: Essays
  • Published: 1887
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