Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
RUDYARD KIPLINGAt two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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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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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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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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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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War is an ill thing, as I surely know. But ‘twould be an ill world for weaponless dreamers if evil men were not now and then slain.
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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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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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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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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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