Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
RUDYARD KIPLINGIn the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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War is an ill thing, as I surely know. But ‘twould be an ill world for weaponless dreamers if evil men were not now and then slain.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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There are gems of wondrous brightness Often times lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
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If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.’
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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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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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