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If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.

Rudyard Kipling

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
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
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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Dreams Master Yourself
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
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
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
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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Fool Man Management Silly Woman
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
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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Animal Forest Jungle Law Strike
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
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
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Drink Energy Man Vice Work
All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
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End Goodness People Sea Yourself
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 meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.

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