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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.

Rudyard Kipling

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
Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Motivational Spiritual
The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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Jungle Listening Nature Talk
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
Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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Judgement Resistance Slow
Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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Blame Head Lose Yourself
Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’
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Animal Friendship Myself Service
There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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Greatness Ignorance Sin
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious 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
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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Brain God Soldier Weapon Woman Wound Yourself
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Failure Inspirational Reason Repeat Try
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Animal Dangerous Death Female Human
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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Creation God Himself Mom

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