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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.

Rudyard Kipling

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
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
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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Fear Inspirational Motivational Ourselves World Worst
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
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
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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Call Darkness Feeling Morning Nature Night Open Shadow Sun Window Yourself
All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Man Religion Sensible Talk
Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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God One Liner Perspective Politics Vehicle
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman
The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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Beautiful Horrible Life Love Myself World
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
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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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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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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