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We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.

Rudyard Kipling

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
I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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Death Eat Man Myself Sleep Work
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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Call Darkness Feeling Morning Nature Night Open Shadow Sun Window Yourself
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman
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
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Animal Dangerous Death Female Human
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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Food Jungle Life Temper
If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.
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Ability Work Yourself
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Brave Courtesy Heart Jungle
We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Ability End Inspirational Open Possible
Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
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Deep Purity Purpose Religious
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
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself

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