It’s always best to tell the truth.
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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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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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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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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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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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just IT. Some women will stay in a man’s memory if they once walked down a street.
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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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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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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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There are gems of wondrous brightness Often times lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
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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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You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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