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
jungle law true
Now this is the Law of the Jungle - as old and as true as the sky.
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Keep ye the Law - be swift in all obedience -/ Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford.
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But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humor saves him whole The cynic devil in his blood That bids him mock his hurrying soul; That bids him flout the Law he makes, That bids him make the Law he flouts, Till, dazed by many doubts, h
leadership law sky
Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
love lying law
But remember please, the Law by which we live, we are not built to comprehend a lie, we can neither love nor pity nor forgive. If you make a slip in handling us you die.
law giving tongue
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
nine single sixty tribal ways
There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, / And - every - single - one - of- them - is - right!
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Pleasant the snaffle of Courtship, improving the manners and carriage, But the colt who is wise will abstain from the terrible thorn-bit of marriage
advantages direct harvey life obedience order reasons received
Like many other unfortunate young people, Harvey had never in all his life received a direct order - never, at least, without long, and sometimes tearful, explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons for the request.
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It is at Bombay that the smell of All Asia boards the ship miles off shore, and holds the passenger's nose till he is clear of Asia again
hat pass pay
Pass the hat for your credit's sake, and pay- pay - pay!
breeds gentiles lesser
Such boastings as the Gentiles use, / Or lesser breeds without the Law.
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
oriental toil worth
You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil