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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.

Rudyard Kipling

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
I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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Deal Humanity Myself Nature Powerful Word
If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.
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Ability Work Yourself
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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Decency Dog Impression Life Politics
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
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
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
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
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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Lying Sea Understand
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman
Believe the best of everybody.
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Believe Best One Liner View
No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves.
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Mindset Teacher Teaching Word Young
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

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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