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If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.

Rudyard Kipling

He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
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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Drink Energy Man Vice Work
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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Fool Man Management Silly Woman
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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Compliment Hope Praise Reach Sister Woman Yourself
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
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
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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Beautiful Horrible Life Love Myself World
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
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Goodness Smoke Woman
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Failure Inspirational Reason Repeat Try
We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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Lying Sea Understand
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

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