Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
RUDYARD KIPLINGI always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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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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Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.
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You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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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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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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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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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.
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