Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 December 1865
CityMumbai, India
anomalies charming shirts
Let it be clearly understood that the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks in his shirt. As an Oriental he is charming. It is only when he insists on being treated as the most easterly of western peoples instead of the most westerly of easterns that he becomes a racial anomaly extremely difficult to handle.
wise strong lying
No doubt but ye are the People - absolute, strong and wise; Whatever your hear has desired ye have not withheld from your eyes. On your own heads, in your own hands, the sin and the saving lies!
wise book navy
The Navy is very old and very wise.
sea tree littles
Never was isle so little, never was sea so lone, But over the scud and the palm-trees an English flag was flown.
kissing age doe
Favouritism governed kissage, Even as it does in this age.
lying knowledge jewels
There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
country sleep gun
Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep... For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that an' Chuck him out, the brute! But it's Saviour of his country, when the guns begins to shoot!
women heart sight
Smells are surer than sounds and sights to make the heartstrings crack.
littles wheels tin
Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.
cells brain colour
Not only do words infect, egotize, narcotize, and paralyze, but they enter into and colour the minutest cells of the brain. . . .
temper jungle depends
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
law giving tongue
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
men cubs harm
There is no harm in a man's cub.
speak speak-the-truth i-speak-the-truth
I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth.