The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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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 history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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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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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
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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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All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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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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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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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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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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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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