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"And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke."
Rudyard KiplingYe know who use the Crystal Ball — Rudyard Kipling
"Ye know who use the Crystal Ball (To peer by stealth on Doom), The Shade that, shaping first of all, Prepares an empty room. Then doth It pass Like breath from glass, But, on the extorted vision bowed intent, No man considers why It came or went."
Ye know who use the Crystal Ball <br /> (To peer by stealth on Doom), <br /> The Shade that, shaping first of all, <br
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
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