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.
RUDYARD KIPLING
Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it – One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.
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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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Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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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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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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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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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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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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Delight in the little things.
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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