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Zitat des Tages von Robert W. Service:

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

Robert W. Service

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

Robert W. Service

His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.

Robert W. Service

I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new.

Robert W. Service

Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.

Robert W. Service

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

Robert W. Service

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

Robert W. Service

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

Robert W. Service

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

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A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Robert W. Service

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Robert W. Service