Rudyard Kipling quotes - page 6

She is intensely human, and lives to look upon life. (Rudyard Kipling)
A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England. View quote
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God help us for we knew the worst too young. View quote
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Now India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously-the midday sun always excepted. View quote
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Go back to Earth with a lip unsealed-go back with an open eye, "And carry my word to the Sons of Men or ever ye come to die: "That the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one- "And the God that you took from a printed book be with you, Tomlinson! View quote
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We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low. Will you never let us go? View quote
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When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, and neither will go from the trail, Lie down till the leaders have spoken-it may be fair words shall prevail. View quote
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True. True talk,” said Kim solemnly. "Fools speak of a cat when a woman is brought to bed, for instance. I have heard them. View quote
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Take your friend away. He has done with Hanuman, but Hanuman has not done with him. View quote
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Cities and Thrones and Powers, Stand in Time's eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die: But, as new buds put forth To glad new men, Out of the spent and unconsidered Earth, The Cities rise again. View quote
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Brother, thy tail hangs down behind! This is the way of the Monkey-kind! (Rudyard Kipling)
From little towns in a far land we came, To save our honour and a world aflame. By little towns in a far land we sleep, And trust the world we won for you to keep. View quote
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Men and women may sometimes, after great effort, achieve a creditable lie; but the house, which is their temple, cannot say anything save the truth of those who have lived in it. View quote
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God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle line, Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine- Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget! View quote
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To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned, To my brethren in their sorrow overseas, Sings a gentleman of England cleanly bred, machinely crammed, And a trooper of the Empress, if you please. View quote
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So 'ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan; You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man. View quote
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Back to the Army again, sergeant, Back to the Army again: Out o' the cold an' the rain, sergeant, Out o' the cold an' the rain. View quote
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... scandals are only increased by hushing them up. View quote
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Now these are the Laws of the jungle, and many and mighty are they; But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is-Obey! View quote
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So I'll meet 'im later on At the place where 'e is gone- Where it's always double drill and no canteen. 'E'll be squattin' on the coals Givin' drink to poor damned souls, An' I'll get a swig in hell from Gunga Din! Yes, Din! Din! Din! You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din! Though I've belted you and flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! View quote
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Five and twenty ponies Trotting through the dark- Brandy for the Parson, 'Baccy for the Clerk. Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie- Watch the wall, my darling, while the gentlemen go by! (Rudyard Kipling)
It was our fault, and our very great fault-and now we must turn it to use. We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. View quote
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We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too, But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints, Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints. View quote
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He did his best to interest the girl in himself-that is to say, his work-and she, after the manner of women, did her best to appear interested in, what behind his back, she called "Mr. Wressley's Wajahs"; for she lisped very prettily. She did not understand one little thing about them, but she acted as if she did. Men have married on that sort of error before now. View quote
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Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro- And what should they know of England who only England know? View quote
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