One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
RUDYARD KIPLINGThere is no sin greater than ignorance.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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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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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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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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I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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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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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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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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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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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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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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If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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