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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.

Rudyard Kipling

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
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 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
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
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
It’s always best to tell the truth.
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Best Honesty Talk Truth
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
Delight in the little things.
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Delight Happiness One Liner
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
One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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Oneself Place Resistance
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
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Glory Man Money Poor Position Yourself
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
We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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Lying Sea Understand

Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.

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