Author: Rudyard Kipling

Quotes

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.

- Rudyard Kipling

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

- Rudyard Kipling

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

- Rudyard Kipling

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.

- Rudyard Kipling

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

- Rudyard Kipling

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

- Rudyard Kipling

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.

- Rudyard Kipling

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

- Rudyard Kipling

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

- Rudyard Kipling

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