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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.

Rudyard Kipling

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
The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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Beautiful Horrible Life Love Myself World
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
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
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
A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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Forget God Peace Prayer Right Soldier Time War
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
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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End Goodness People Sea Yourself
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
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
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
All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.
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Home Kind Man Travel World
We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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Lying Sea Understand
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
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

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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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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