I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet

Novel (1886), Kidnapped, ch. 14 “The Islet”
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This chapter was originally published in Young Folks Paper, Vol. 28, No. 810 (1886-06-05)