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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

Rudyard Kipling

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 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
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself
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
It’s always best to tell the truth.
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Best Honesty Talk Truth
If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; yours is the earth and everything that’s in it.
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Dreams Earth Leadership Master Patience Success Wait Yourself
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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Dreams Master Yourself
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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Honesty Man Myself Philosophy Service Teaching Wisdom
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
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
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
If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
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Blame Lose Man Son World Yourself
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
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
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
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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Fool Man Management Silly Woman

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