Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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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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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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If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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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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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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In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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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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I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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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.
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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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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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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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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
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All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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