Now India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously—the midday sun always excepted.
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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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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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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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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If you want something and don’t get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn’t want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves.
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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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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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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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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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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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