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.
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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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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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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We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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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 woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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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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I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just IT. Some women will stay in a man’s memory if they once walked down a street.
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Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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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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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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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 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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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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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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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.
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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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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