I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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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

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...

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...

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...

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much...

I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much...

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

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...

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures...

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures...

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

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

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

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

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...

The sins ye do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one

The sins ye do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one

It's clever, but is it Art?

It's clever, but is it Art?

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.

Only when you are lost can love find itself in you without losing its way.

Only when you are lost can love find itself in you without losing its way.

Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with...

Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with...