He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

Topics: Rudyard Kipling Quotes

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...

Payday came and with it beer

Payday came and with it beer

Politics are not my concern . . . They impressed me as a dog's life...

Politics are not my concern . . . They impressed me as a dog's life...

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane...

San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane...

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

All we have of freedom, all we use or know - This our fathers bought...

All we have of freedom, all we use or know - This our fathers bought...

It's clever, but is it Art?

It's clever, but is it Art?

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the...

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the...

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.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't...

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't...

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

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...

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no...

I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no...

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about...

I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about...

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action