Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a British author and poet, celebrated for his vivid storytelling and keen observations of life in colonial India, where he spent much of his early childhood. Best known for iconic works such as *The Jungle Book* and *Kim*, Kipling's writing captured the complexities of imperialism and human experience. His mastery of narrative and unique voice earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907, making him one of the most influential literary figures of his time.

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"It's clever, but is it Art?"

Rudyard Kipling

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

Rudyard Kipling

"We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse."

Rudyard Kipling

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

Rudyard Kipling

"An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy."

Rudyard Kipling

"Heaven grant us patience with a man in love."

Rudyard Kipling

"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier."

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

Rudyard Kipling

"He travels the fastest who travels alone."

Rudyard Kipling

"The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it."

Rudyard Kipling

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