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

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

Four things greater than all things are, - Women and Horses and Power and War.

Four things greater than all things are, - Women and Horses and Power and War.

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.

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.

Call a truce, then to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors...

Call a truce, then to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors...

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

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...

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by...

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by...

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

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

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...

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

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

It's clever, but is it Art?

It's clever, but is it Art?

But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humor saves him whole The...

But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humor saves him whole The...

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

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...

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra...

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra...

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities