Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
RUDYARD KIPLINGThe individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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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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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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He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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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.
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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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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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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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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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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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