I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
RUDYARD KIPLINGI am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
RUDYARD KIPLINGIf you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
RUDYARD KIPLINGThere 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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGFollow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
RUDYARD KIPLINGAll 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 KIPLINGA man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
RUDYARD KIPLINGWhen 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 KIPLINGAsia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.
RUDYARD KIPLINGPolitics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
RUDYARD KIPLINGBe slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
RUDYARD KIPLINGWhen 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 KIPLINGThis is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
RUDYARD KIPLINGHe who faces no calamity gains no courage.
RUDYARD KIPLINGA woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
RUDYARD KIPLINGWe are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
RUDYARD KIPLINGWar 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.
RUDYARD KIPLING