The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
RUDYARD KIPLINGThere 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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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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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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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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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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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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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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Delight in the little things.
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All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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