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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGOne cannot resist the lure of Africa.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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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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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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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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If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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