But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humor saves him whole The cynic devil in his blood That bids him mock his hurrying soul; That bids him flout the Law he makes, That bids him make the…

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

Topics: Humor Quotes

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman...

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman...

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut...

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut...

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Four things greater than all things are, - Women and Horses and Power and War.

Four things greater than all things are, - Women and Horses and Power and War.

Let us now praise famous men' - / Men of little showing - / For...

Let us now praise famous men' - / Men of little showing - / For...

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!...

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!...

Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told...

Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told...

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part...

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part...

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is...

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is...

Gardens are not made by singing Oh, how beautiful, and sitting in the shade.

Gardens are not made by singing Oh, how beautiful, and sitting in the shade.

Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.

Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.