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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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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What stands if freedom fall?
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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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Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.
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At twenty the things for which one does not care a damn should, properly, be many.
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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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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 by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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If a man brings a good mind to what he reads he may become, as it were, the spiritual descendant to some extent of great men, and this link, this spiritual hereditary tie, may help to just kick the beam in the right direction at a vital crisis; or may keep him from drifting through the long slack times when, so to speak, we are only fielding and no balls are coming our way.
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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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I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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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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Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.
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It's clever, but is it Art?
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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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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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The python dropped his head lightly for a moment on Mowgli's shoulders. "A brave heart and a courteous tongue," said he. "They shall carry thee far through the jungle, manling. But now go hence quickly with thy friends. Go and sleep, for the moon sets and what follows it is not well that thou shouldst see.
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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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After violent emotion most people and all boys demand food.
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All gods have good points, just as have all priests. Personally, I attach much importance to Hanuman , and am kind to his people the great gray apes of the hills. One never knows when one may want a friend.