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Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’

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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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Jungle Listening Nature Talk
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Man Religion Sensible Talk
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
I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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Death Eat Man Myself Sleep Work
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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Green Thinking Winter
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
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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Oneself Place Resistance
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; yours is the earth and everything that’s in it.
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Dreams Earth Leadership Master Patience Success Wait Yourself
If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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Dedication Serious Yourself
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Mom Worth
The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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Beautiful Horrible Life Love Myself World
You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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Forgiveness Learning Love Man Nuisance

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