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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.

Rudyard Kipling

We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Ability End Inspirational Open Possible
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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Dreams Master Yourself
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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Glory Man Money Poor Position Yourself
Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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City Death Eyes Flower Time
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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Mindset Teacher Teaching Word Young
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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Dreams Earth Leadership Master Patience Success Wait Yourself
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Alone Fast Himself Independent One Liner Travel
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
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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Animal Friendship Myself Service
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
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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Deep Purity Purpose Religious
Delight in the little things.
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Delight Happiness One Liner
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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Green Thinking Winter
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Brave Courtesy Heart Jungle
There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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Greatness Ignorance Sin
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
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
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
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman
If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.
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Balance Failure Man Success Yourself
One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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Oneself Place Resistance
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

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