“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, in British India, he is best known for his works of fiction "[The Jungle Book][1]" (1894). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature. ([Source][2]) [1]: /works/OL15400121W/ [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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“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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“Gawd knows, and 'E won't split on a pal.”
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“Sing, for faith and hope are high - None so true as you and I - Sing the Lovers' Litany: "Love like ours can never die!"”
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“There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, and every single one of them is right.”
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“A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.”
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“An' I learned about women from 'er.”
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“The colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady Are sisters under their skins.”
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“For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”
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“A rag and a bone and a hank of hair.”
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“And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame; And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame; But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his s...”
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“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.”
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“You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.”
“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; If you can...”
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“Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie.”
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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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“A DEAD STATESMAN I could not dig: I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue And I must face the men I slew. What tale shall serve me here among M...”
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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 m...”
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“A fool lies here who tried to hustle the East.”
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“What is a woman that you forsake her And the hearth fire and the home acre To go with that old grey widow-maker?”
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