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

Rudyard Kipling

War is an ill thing, as I surely know. But ‘twould be an ill world for weaponless dreamers if evil men were not now and then slain.
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Dreams Myself Sick War Weapon World
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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Judgement Resistance Slow
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself
Believe the best of everybody.
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Believe Best One Liner View
Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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God One Liner Perspective Politics Vehicle
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 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
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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Defeat Enough Karma Pay Price Yourself
Now India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously—the midday sun always excepted.
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Beyond Exception Place Serious Sun
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Brave Courtesy Heart Jungle
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 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
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman

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