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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGGardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
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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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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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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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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.
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We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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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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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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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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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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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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Delight in the little things.
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Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just IT. Some women will stay in a man’s memory if they once walked down a street.
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