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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

Rudyard Kipling

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
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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Dreams Master Yourself
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;!
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Blame Doubt Head Lose Man Trust Yourself
There are gems of wondrous brightness Often times lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
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Bright Care Earth Lying Ourselves Time Walk Wonderful
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Mom Worth
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
I’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
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Death Forget Reading Subscription Yourself
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
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
I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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Death Eat Man Myself Sleep Work
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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Animal Forest Jungle Law Strike
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
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

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