Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
RUDYARD KIPLINGPolitics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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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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All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
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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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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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If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
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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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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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