Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
RUDYARD KIPLINGAsia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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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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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it – One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’
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The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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