And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves It's pretty, but is it Art?

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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Payday came and with it beer

Payday came and with it beer

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman...

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman...

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!...

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!...

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut...

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut...

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me...

If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me...

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part...

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part...

Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.

Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the...

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the...

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history...

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history...