Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!
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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.
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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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Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew — Twenty bridges or twenty two — Wanted to know what the River knew, For they were young, and the Thames was old And this is the tale that River told.
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And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins, when all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins.
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What is the moral? Who rides may read.
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The Navy is very old and very wise.
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On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer; China 'crost the Bay!
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But remember please, the Law by which we live, we are not built to comprehend a lie, we can neither love nor pity nor forgive. If you make a slip in handling us you die.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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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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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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And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden, You will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden.
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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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Our loves are not given, but only lent, At compound interest of cent per cent.
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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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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All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago.
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There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and woman to fill our day; But when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
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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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It's clever, but is it Art?
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After violent emotion most people and all boys demand food.