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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
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
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself
You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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Forgiveness Learning Love Man Nuisance
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
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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Lying Sea Understand
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Brave Courtesy Heart Jungle
Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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City Death Eyes Flower Time
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Animal Dangerous Death Female Human
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
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Alone Fast Himself Independent One Liner Travel
War is an ill thing, as I surely know. But ‘twould be an ill world for weaponless dreamers if evil men were not now and then slain.
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Dreams Myself Sick War Weapon World
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
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
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
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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Green Thinking Winter
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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Change Growth Myself Strength Transformation Woman 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
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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Food Jungle Life Temper
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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Creation God Himself Mom
Believe the best of everybody.
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Believe Best One Liner View
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
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
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

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