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
beneath butterfly contentment exactly knows preaches road toad
The toad beneath the harrow knows / Exactly where each tooth-point goes; / The butterfly upon the road / Preaches contentment to that toad.
arises devils heart knows love measures move season
Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures and balances? Which is his season For laughter, forbearance or bloodshed, and what devils move him When he arises to smite us? I do not love him
england knows
Those who only know England know not England.
speak knows know-how
The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
knows
Every woman knows all about everything.
toads teeth knows
The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth point goes.
england should knows
And what should they know of England who only England know?
land burma knows
This is Burma and it is unlike any land you know about.
dies england freedom stands
What stands if Freedom fall? / Who dies if England live?
found fun pay taken
I've taken my fun where I've found it / An' now I must pay for my fun.
pay sins
The sins ye do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one
clever fool fools-and-foolishness manage needs silliest woman
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a clever woman to manage a fool
born jest kinder turn work
Is it true, what you told me jest now, that you never done a hand's turn o' work in all your born life? Must feel kinder awful, don't it?
honour mine
And Ye take mine honour from me if Ye take away the sea!