Let us now praise famous men' - / Men of little showing - / For their work continueth, / And their work continueth, / Broad and deep continueth, / Greater than their knowing!

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

Topics: Famous 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

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

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...

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

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...

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...

You haf too much Ego in your Cosmos

You haf too much Ego in your Cosmos

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...

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...

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

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

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

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!...

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

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

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

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...

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...

Many women remain unmarried only because they were too smart to ever marry a man...

Many women remain unmarried only because they were too smart to ever marry a man...

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not...

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not...