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

Rudyard Kipling

All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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Father Freedom Time
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
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
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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Creation God Himself Mom
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
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;!
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Blame Doubt Head Lose Man Trust Yourself
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Beautiful Garden Shade Sing Sit
Delight in the little things.
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Delight Happiness One Liner
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
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 want something and don’t get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn’t want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
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Price Reason Try Yourself
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself
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

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