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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.

Rudyard Kipling

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
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
All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.
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Home Kind Man Travel 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
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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Animal Forest Jungle Law Strike
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
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
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
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
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
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself
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
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
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman

Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.

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