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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.

Rudyard Kipling

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
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
All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
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Country Fast Fools Man Money Reputation World
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
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
Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Motivational Spiritual
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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Mindset Teacher Teaching Word Young
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
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Brave Courtesy Heart Jungle
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
The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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Jungle Listening Nature Talk
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
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
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
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

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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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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