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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More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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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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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.
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I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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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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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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Believe the best of everybody.
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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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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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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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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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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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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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There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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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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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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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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You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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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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I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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