He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
RUDYARD KIPLINGTis 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.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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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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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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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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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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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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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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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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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; yours is the earth and everything that’s in it.
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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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Delight in the little things.
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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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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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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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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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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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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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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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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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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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Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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