This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
RUDYARD KIPLINGThis is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
RUDYARD KIPLINGI worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
RUDYARD KIPLINGToo much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
RUDYARD KIPLINGIn the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
RUDYARD KIPLINGWhen the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.’
RUDYARD KIPLINGPoliticians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
RUDYARD KIPLINGIf you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
RUDYARD KIPLINGI keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.
RUDYARD KIPLINGTake everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
RUDYARD KIPLINGFor the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
RUDYARD KIPLINGNot getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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!
RUDYARD KIPLINGNo one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
RUDYARD KIPLINGNever 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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGIf history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
RUDYARD KIPLINGAll 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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