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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.

Rudyard Kipling

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
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
Believe the best of everybody.
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Believe Best One Liner View
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
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Mom Worth
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
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
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.
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Compliment Hope Praise Reach Sister Woman Yourself
Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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God One Liner Perspective Politics Vehicle
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Beautiful Garden Shade Sing Sit
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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Fear Inspirational Motivational Ourselves World Worst
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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Animal Friendship Myself Service

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