Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire…

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that...

And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that...

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.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

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......

I keep six honest serving men: They taught me all I knew: Their names are...

I keep six honest serving men: They taught me all I knew: Their names are...

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...

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...

Politics are not my concern . . . They impressed me as a dog's life...

Politics are not my concern . . . They impressed me as a dog's life...

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.

Payday came and with it beer

Payday came and with it beer

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures...

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures...

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.

And How and Where and Who.

And How and Where and Who.

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...

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

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

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is In...

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is In...

Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex...

Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex...