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!
RUDYARD KIPLINGOh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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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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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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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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The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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I’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
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All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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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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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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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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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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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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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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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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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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