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I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

Rudyard Kipling

The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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Forgiveness Learning Love Man Nuisance
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
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
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
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
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
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
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Motivational Spiritual
If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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Dedication Serious Yourself
If you want something and don’t get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn’t want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
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Price Reason Try Yourself
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.
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Defeat Enough Karma Pay Price Yourself
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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Fear Inspirational Motivational Ourselves World Worst
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
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself

I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

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I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

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