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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Rudyard Kipling

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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Adventure Brief Inspirational Meaning Moments Short
You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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Forgiveness Learning Love Man Nuisance
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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Dreams Myself Sick War Weapon World
I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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Deal Humanity Myself Nature Powerful Word
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.
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Desire Myself Occupy Reality Savage See
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
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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Dog Friendship Himself Man Wild
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself
Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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Judgement Resistance Slow
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.
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Ability Work Yourself
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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Food Jungle Life Temper
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
The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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Jungle Listening Nature Talk
One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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Oneself Place Resistance
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

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