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Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.

Rudyard Kipling

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
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
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
There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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Greatness Ignorance Sin
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Balance Inspirational Strength Team Work Wolf
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Failure Inspirational Reason Repeat Try
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Animal Dangerous Death Female Human
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
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
Believe the best of everybody.
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Believe Best One Liner View
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
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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History Naked Nation People Reason Simplicity
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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Animal Friendship Myself Service
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine

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