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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGMany religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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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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We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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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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The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
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All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
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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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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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