A fool there was and he made his prayer (Even as you and I!) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair (We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair - (Even as you...
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 Yours is the Earth an...
Sing for faith and hope are high - None so true as you and I - Sing the Lovers' Litany: "Love like ours can never die!"
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice - An humble and a contrite heart.
If you hit a pony over the nose at the outset of your acquaintance he may not love you but he will take a deep interest in your movements ever afterwards.
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What is this, said the leopard,that is so 'sclusively dark, and yet so full of little pieces of light?
This leads me to the Higher Editing. Take of well-ground Indian Ink as much as suffices and a camel-hair brush proportionate to the inter-spaces of your lines. In an auspicious hour, read your final d...
They believed us and perished for it. Our statecraft, our learningDelivered them bound to the Pit and alive to the burningWhither they mirthfully hastened as jostling for honour -Not since her birth h...
There is no gift like friendship. Remember this - when you become a young man. For your fate will turn on the first true friend you make.
The Power of the Dogby Rudyard Kipling There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brot...
No doubt but ye are the People - absolute, strong and wise;
My heart is heavy with the things I do not understand.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,If all men count with you, but none too much;If you can...
If you can make one heap of all your winningsAnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginnings,And never breathe a word about your loss...
I will remember what I was, I am sick of rope and chains -I will remember my old strength and all my forest affairs.I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugar cane;I will go out to my own ki...
I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding out whether the other was worthy.
I consider in my own mind whether thou art a spirit, sometimes, or sometimes an evil imp, said the lama, smiling slowly.
Hearts are like horses. They come and they go against bit or spur.
Fit to do anything, said the Second-in-Command enthusiastically. But it seems to me they’re a thought too young and tender for the work in hand. It’s bitter cold up at the Front now. They’re sound eno...