For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
RUDYARD KIPLINGAll 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!
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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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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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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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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Believe the best of everybody.
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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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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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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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If you want something and don’t get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn’t want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
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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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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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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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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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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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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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