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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGYou must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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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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The 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.
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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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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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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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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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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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I’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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