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

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

Topics: Rudyard Kipling Quotes

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...

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...

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.

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

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

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

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...

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty...

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty...

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

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

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and...

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and...

And How and Where and Who.

And How and Where and Who.

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

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

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...

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......

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by...

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by...

Payday came and with it beer

Payday came and with it beer

I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy

I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.