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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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If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.
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Balance Failure Man Success Yourself
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Beautiful Garden Shade Sing Sit
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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Green Thinking Winter
Delight in the little things.
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Delight Happiness One Liner
I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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Change Growth Myself Strength Transformation Woman World
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Mom Worth
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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Honesty Man Myself Philosophy Service Teaching Wisdom
There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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Greatness Ignorance Sin
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
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Drink Energy Man Vice Work
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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Lonely Pay Price Privilege Scare Struggle Tribe Yourself
This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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Adventure Brief Inspirational Meaning Moments Short
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
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
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
Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just IT. Some women will stay in a man’s memory if they once walked down a street.
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Goodness Memories Necessary Talk Walk Woman
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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Forget God Peace Prayer Right Soldier Time War
When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.’
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Dog Friendship Himself Man Wild
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
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
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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Oneself Place Resistance
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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Creation God Himself Mom
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word

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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