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All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.

Rudyard Kipling

We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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Lying Sea Understand
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
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
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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Adventure Brief Inspirational Meaning Moments Short
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
All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Man Religion Sensible Talk
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious 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
Delight in the little things.
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Delight Happiness One Liner
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
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
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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Creation God Himself Mom
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
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
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Drink Energy Man Vice Work

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