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The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.

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When the Hymalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted, rends the peasant tooth and nail, For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

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All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.

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

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Body and spirit I surrendered whole To harsh instructors and received a soul... If mortal man could change me through and through From all I was What may the God not do?

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Believe the best of everybody.

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Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money.

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Each dog barks in his own yard!

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The cat will keep his side of the bargain. He will kill mice, and he will be kind to babies when he is in the house, just so long as they do not pull his tail too hard. But when he has done that, and between times, and when the moon gets up and night comes, he is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him. Then he goes out to the Wet Wild Woods or up on the Wet Wild trees or on the Wet Wild roofs, waving his wild tail and walking by his wild lone.

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(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours.

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An angry skipper makes an unhappy crew.

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The motto of all the mongoose family is, "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.

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For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions, largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.

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Smells are surer than sounds or sights To make your heartstrings crack.

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I keep six honest serving men.

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They copied all they could copy, But they couldn't copy my mind; And I left them sweatin' and stealin', A year and a half behind.

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If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

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Shere Khan, the Big One, has shifted his hunting grounds. He will hunt among these hills for the next moon, so he has told me.

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If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.

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Go softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart.

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