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Rudyard Kipling Inspirational Quotes (178)

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When young lips have drunk deep of the bitter waters of hate, suspicion and despair, all the love in the world will not wholly take away that knowledge. Though it may turn darkened eyes for a while to the light, and teach faith where no faith was.
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They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only hold his tongue.
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Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it - One single simple reason in all cases They fell because their peoples were not fit.
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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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If you can dream - and not make dreams your master.
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A tale from which pieces have been raked out is like a fire that has been poked. One does not know the operation has been performed, but everyone feels the effect.
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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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Meddling with another man's folly is always thankless work.
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Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.
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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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Smells are surer than sounds or sights To make your heartstrings crack.
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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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Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes, It will vanish and the stars will shine again, Because, for all our power and weight and size, We are nothing more than children of your brain!
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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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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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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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Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and War.
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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.
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It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, To puff and look important and to say:- 'Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you, We will therefore pay you cash to go away.'
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The tumalt and shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heat. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.
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Each dog barks in his own yard!
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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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Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.
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