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

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

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......

Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at...

Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at...

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...

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.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long...

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long...

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...

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'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

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

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

You may write it on his tombstone, You may cut it on his card, That...

You may write it on his tombstone, You may cut it on his card, That...

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

You haf too much Ego in your Cosmos

You haf too much Ego in your Cosmos

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...

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

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

Payday came and with it beer

Payday came and with it beer

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't...

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't...

I don't want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally.

I don't want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally.

Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.

Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.