An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
RUDYARD KIPLINGNow India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously—the midday sun always excepted.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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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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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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In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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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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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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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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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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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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If you want something and don’t get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn’t want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
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