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Rudyard Kipling Quotes

Rudyard Kipling quotes

English Writer, Poet December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936

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Rudyard Kipling quote: "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers."
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. Rudyard Kipling
When a man does good work out of all proportion to his pay, in seven cases out of nine there is a woman at the back of the virtue. The two exceptions must have suffered from sunstroke. Rudyard Kipling
Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back --For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. Rudyard Kipling
A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk. Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody cared to cross his path, for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down. Rudyard Kipling
[A Buddhist monk on a pilgrimage speaks to a museum curator.]And I come here alone. For five--seven--eighteen--forty years it was in my mind that the old Law was not well followed; being overlaid, as thou knowest, with devildom, charms, and idolatry....'So it comes with all faiths. Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling quote: "Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't..."
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours. Rudyard Kipling
It seems - and who so astonished as they? - that they had held back material facts; that they were guilty of both suppressio veri and suggestio falsi (well-known gods against whom they often offended); further, that they were malignant in their dispositions, untrustworthy in their characters, pernicious and revolutionary in their influences, abandoned to the devils of wilfulness, pride, and a most intolerable conceit. Ninthly, and lastly, they were to have a care and to be very careful. Rudyard Kipling
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart; 'till the Devil wispered from behind the leaves "it's pretty, but is it art? Rudyard Kipling
And the first rude sketch that the world has seenwas joy to his mighty heart, Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it art? Rudyard Kipling
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Rudyard Kipling
Holden went to his bungalow and began to understand that he was not alone in the world, and also that he was afraid for the sake of another, -- which is the most soul-satisfying fear known to man. Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling quote: "O it's Tommy this, an'Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away": But..."
O it's Tommy this, an'Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away": But it's "Thank you, Mister Adkins," when the band begins to play... Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling quote: "If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would..."
If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, mother o' mine o mother o' mine. Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling quote: "The Irish move to the sound of the guns like salmon to the sea"
The Irish move to the sound of the guns like salmon to the sea Rudyard Kipling
The tumalt and shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heat. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget. Rudyard Kipling

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