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Clash of civilizations1 quote
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Drugs1 quote
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling · 1923East vs. West1 quote
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Equanimity1 quote
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same. — Rudyard Kipling · 1910Globalization1 quote
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Horses1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890Imperialism1 quote
Take up the White Man's burden —
Send forth the best ye breed —
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need. — Rudyard Kipling · 1899Language1 quote
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling · 1923Limitations of travel1 quote
They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam! — Rudyard Kipling · 1895Man and animals1 quote
The female of the species is more deadly than the male. — Rudyard Kipling · 1911Men and women1 quote
The female of the species is more deadly than the male. — Rudyard Kipling · 1911Ocean and sea1 quote
Who hath desired the Sea? The sight of salt water unbounded? — Rudyard Kipling · 1901Opportunities1 quote
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son! — Rudyard Kipling · 1910Power1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890Power of words1 quote
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling · 1923Provincialism and insularity1 quote
What should they know of England who only England know? — Rudyard Kipling · 1891Questions1 quote
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who. — Rudyard Kipling · 1902Salt water1 quote
Who hath desired the Sea? The sight of salt water unbounded? — Rudyard Kipling · 1901The world1 quote
This is a great and terrible world. I never knew there were so many men alive in it. — Rudyard Kipling · 1901Travel1 quote
They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam! — Rudyard Kipling · 1895War1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890Women1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890Work1 quote
More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies. — Rudyard Kipling · 1888Work-life balance1 quote
More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies. — Rudyard Kipling · 1888Working too much1 quote
More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies. — Rudyard Kipling · 1888World War I1 quote
If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied. — Rudyard Kipling · 1919