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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

Rudyard Kipling

Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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City Death Eyes Flower Time
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
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
Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Motivational Spiritual
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
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
No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves.
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Mindset Teacher Teaching Word Young
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
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
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Animal Dangerous Death Female Human
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
If you want something and don’t get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn’t want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
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Price Reason Try 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
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
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

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