Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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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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At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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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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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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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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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.
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All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.
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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
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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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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just IT. Some women will stay in a man’s memory if they once walked down a street.
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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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If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; yours is the earth and everything that’s in it.
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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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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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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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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’
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