Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
RUDYARD KIPLINGIf 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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Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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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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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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Delight in the little things.
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