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Joseph Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

English writer

Lived from: 1865 - 1936

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 30 december 1865 Died: 18 january 1936

  • God gives all men all earth to love, but since man's heart is small, ordains for each one spot shall prove belovèd over all.
  • And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that if once you have paid him the Dane-geld you never get rid of the Dane.

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  • For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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  • He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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  • More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.
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  • Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.
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  • Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established.
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  • The Three in One, the One in Three? Not so! To my own Gods I go. It may be they shall give me greater ease than your cold Christ and tangled Trinities.
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  • All the people like us are we, And everyone else is They.
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  • 'Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just IT. Some women will stay in a man's memory if they once walked down a street.
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  • A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.
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  • A people always ends by resembling its shadow.
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  • A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.
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  • All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
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  • All the people like us are We, and everyone else is They.
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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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  • An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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  • And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that if once you have paid him the Dane-geld you never get rid of the Dane.
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  • And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, and the epitaph drear: ''A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East.''
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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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  • Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbors.
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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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What are the most famous quotes from Joseph Rudyard Kipling?

The two most famous quotes from Joseph Rudyard Kipling are:

  • "For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack."
  • "He who faces no calamity gains no courage."

When did Joseph Rudyard Kipling live?

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 and died in the year 1936.