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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGI worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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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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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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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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There 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.
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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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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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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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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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I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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