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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

Rudyard Kipling

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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Deal Humanity Myself Nature Powerful Word
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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Dreams Master Yourself
Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
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Glory Man Money Poor Position Yourself
All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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Father Freedom Time
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;!
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Blame Doubt Head Lose Man Trust Yourself
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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Brain God Soldier Weapon Woman Wound Yourself
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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Adventure Brief Inspirational Meaning Moments Short
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
Delight in the little things.
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Delight Happiness One Liner
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
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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Decency Dog Impression Life Politics
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

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

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