You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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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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If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Delight in the little things.
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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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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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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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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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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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Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.
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