The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
RUDYARD KIPLINGWe are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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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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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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When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.’
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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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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Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
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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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