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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.

Rudyard Kipling

If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.
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Ability Work Yourself
There are gems of wondrous brightness Often times lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
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Bright Care Earth Lying Ourselves Time Walk Wonderful
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Beautiful Garden Shade Sing Sit
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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Change Growth Myself Strength Transformation Woman World
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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Green Thinking Winter
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Failure Inspirational Reason Repeat Try
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Animal Dangerous Death Female Human
All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Man Religion Sensible Talk
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
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Country Fast Fools Man Money Reputation World
A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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Forget God Peace Prayer Right Soldier Time War
Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
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Deep Purity Purpose Religious
If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
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Blame Lose Man Son World Yourself
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself

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