Rudyard Kipling Quotes
There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes 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.
Quotes to Explore
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It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
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I'd end all of the wars. I'd bring all of the troops home and make sure that they're taken care of for life - for what they did protecting our country.
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One cannot live without motives. I have no motives left, and I am living.
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When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.
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Erotic acts are instinctive; they fulfill a role in nature. The idea is familiar, but it is one that contains a paradox: there is nothing more natural than sexual desire; there is nothing less natural than the forms in which it is made manifest and satisfied.
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There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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He who gives himself to a lover because he is a good man, and in the hope that he will be improved by his company, shows himself to be virtuous, even though the object of his affection turn out to be a villain, and to have no virtue; and if he is deceived he has committed a noble error. For he has proved that for his part he will do anything for anybody with a view to virtue and improvement, than which there can be nothing nobler.
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Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.
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The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.
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He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
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Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect.
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We have about four kids going in both sports. It's a shame they schedule this all so close together, but you do what you can.
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But the summits of poetry are mysteries; they are shiftingly veiled, and those who catch the glimpses see different aspects of the transcendental; but they have seen something, and they come down with the glory lingering on them.
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I try not to have a day pass where I don't read something from the Bible. It's like my sustenance to me.
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I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image of his own soul.
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I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.
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There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes 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.
