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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes: To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.
         

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.


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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.
         



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This page presents the quote "To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.". Author of this quote is Robert Louis Stevenson. This quote is about self, reliance,.