この世での我々の務めは、成功することではなく、果敢に失敗し続けることである。 - ロバート・ルイス・スティーヴンソン［スティーヴンスン／スティーブンソン／スティーブンスン］ (1850 - 94)
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Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. - Robert Louis [Lewis] (Balfour) Stevenson (1850 - 94)
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