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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.

Rudyard Kipling

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
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
The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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Jungle Listening Nature Talk
We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Ability End Inspirational Open Possible
All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Man Religion Sensible Talk
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
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
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Animal Dangerous Death Female Human
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
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
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
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it – One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.
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History Naked Nation People Reason Simplicity
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness

Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.

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