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Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.

Rudyard Kipling

Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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Decency Dog Impression Life Politics
We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Ability End Inspirational Open Possible
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
I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.
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Desire Myself Occupy Reality Savage See
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
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
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
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
When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.’
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Dog Friendship Himself Man Wild
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
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
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
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
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
Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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Blame Head Lose Yourself
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Mom Worth

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