This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
RUDYARD KIPLINGThere is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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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 worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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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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When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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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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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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When 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.’
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Delight in the little things.
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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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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;!
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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.
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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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