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And
that is called paying the Dame-geld; but we’ve proved it again and again, that if
once you have paid him the Dame-geld you never get rid of the Dame. |
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A
woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty. |
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But
remember please, the Law by which we live, we are not built to comprehend a lie, we can
neither love nor pity nor forgive. If you make a slip in handling us you die. |
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For
the sin they do by two they must pay for one by one. |
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Words
are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. |
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We
have forty million reasons…but not a single excuse. |
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Never
praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears. |
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Borrow
trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your
neighbors. |
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I
keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who. |
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Quotes Of Rudyard Kipling |
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And
a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. |
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Being
kissed by a man who didn’t wax his moustache was – like eating an egg without
salt. |
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Daughter
am I in my mother’s house; But mistress in my own. |
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I
always prefer to believe the best of everybody – it saves so much trouble. |
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I
never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away
afterwards. |
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If
any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied. |
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It
is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say :
Though we know we should defeat you,
We have not the time to meet you,
We will therefore pay you cash to go away. |
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I’ve
taken my fun where I’ve found it,
An’ now I must pay for my fun,
For the more you’ve known o’ the others
The less will you settle to one. |
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Take
my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it takes a very clever
woman to manage a fool. |
