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.’
RUDYARD KIPLINGLiterature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
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Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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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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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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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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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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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it – One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.
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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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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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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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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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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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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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I’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
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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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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
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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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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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I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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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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