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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Rudyard Kipling

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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Creation God Himself Mom
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
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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Lonely Pay Price Privilege Scare Struggle Tribe Yourself
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman
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
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;!
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Blame Doubt Head Lose Man Trust Yourself
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
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
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
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 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
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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Food Jungle Life Temper
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Alone Fast Himself Independent One Liner Travel
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
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine

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