Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
RUDYARD KIPLINGMany religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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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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Now India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously—the midday sun always excepted.
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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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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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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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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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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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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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In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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