Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established.

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

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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

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the...

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the...

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.

I keep six honest serving men: They taught me all I knew: Their names are...

I keep six honest serving men: They taught me all I knew: Their names are...

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

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

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 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.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

It's clever, but is it Art?

It's clever, but is it Art?

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

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

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

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

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

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......

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

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

Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at...

Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

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

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......

We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.

We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a...

We didn't make the mistakes that many other cities did.

We didn't make the mistakes that many other cities did.