Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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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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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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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The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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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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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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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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Believe the best of everybody.
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If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.
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If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; yours is the earth and everything that’s in it.
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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I’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
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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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