A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
RUDYARD KIPLINGNations 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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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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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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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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A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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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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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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