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.
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.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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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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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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We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’
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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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All 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!
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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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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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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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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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I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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