Gardens are not made by singing Oh, how beautiful, and sitting in the shade.

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told...

Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told...

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

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...

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and...

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and...

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

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

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

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty...

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty...

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a...

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a...

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......

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

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

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages

The sins ye do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one

The sins ye do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the...

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the...

I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much...

I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much...

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is...

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is...

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been...

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love