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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

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
Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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Judgement Resistance Slow
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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Call Darkness Feeling Morning Nature Night Open Shadow Sun Window Yourself
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’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
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
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
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
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
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman
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
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Failure Inspirational Reason Repeat Try
All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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Father Freedom Time
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
Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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God One Liner Perspective Politics Vehicle
Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Motivational Spiritual
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
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
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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Food Jungle Life Temper
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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Beyond Exception Place Serious Sun
We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Ability End Inspirational Open Possible
Believe the best of everybody.
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Believe Best One Liner View
Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’
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Animal Friendship Myself Service

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