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

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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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...

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

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

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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

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

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......

It's clever, but is it Art?

It's clever, but is it Art?

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

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...

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...

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.