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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.

Rudyard Kipling

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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Lying Sea Understand
If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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Dedication Serious Yourself
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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Defeat Enough Karma Pay Price Yourself
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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Death Eat Man Myself Sleep Work
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 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
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Brave Courtesy Heart Jungle
I’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
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Death Forget Reading Subscription Yourself
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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Lonely Pay Price Privilege Scare Struggle Tribe Yourself
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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Jungle Listening Nature Talk

Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.

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