Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
RUDYARD KIPLINGThere 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.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it – One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.
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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Delight in the little things.
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I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.
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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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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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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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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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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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I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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Now India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously—the midday sun always excepted.
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