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!
RUDYARD KIPLINGThe world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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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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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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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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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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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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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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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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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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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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