Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'
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There aren't twelve-hundred people in the world who understand pictures. The others pretend and don't care.
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More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.
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Something I owe to the soil that grew-More to the life that fed-But most to Allah who gave me two Separate sides of my head. I would go without shirt or shoes, Friends, tobacco, or bread Sooner than for an instant lose Either side of my head.
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Body and spirit I surrendered whole To harsh instructors and received a soul... If mortal man could change me through and through From all I was What may the God not do?
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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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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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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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Payday came and with it beer.
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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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The wild hawk to the wind-swept sky The deer to the wholesome wold; And the heart of a man to the heart of a maid, As it was in the days of old.
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Once there was The People - Terror gave it birth.
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They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know There was once a road through the woods.
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If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.
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After violent emotion most people and all boys demand food.
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The American does not drink at meals as a sensible man should. Indeed, he has no meals. He stuffs for ten minutes thrice a day.
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If any Question why We Died Tell them because our Father's Lied.
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OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
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I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.
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Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.
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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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...he will be our friend for always and always and always.
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A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.
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It's clever, but is it Art?