Rudyard Kipling Quotes, Summer Quotes, Fog Quotes

A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.

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For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; But it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool. I never made a mistake in my life; At least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards

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An angry skipper makes an unhappy crew.

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Ship me somewhere east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raisea thirst.

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A Time For Prayer "In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." -Rudyard Kipling

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When young lips have drunk deep of the bitter waters of hate, suspicion and despair, all the love in the world will not wholly take away that knowledge. Though it may turn darkened eyes for a while to the light, and teach faith where no faith was.

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On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer; China 'crost the Bay!

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We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.

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I have seen something of this world," she said over the trays, "and there are but two sorts of women in it-- those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.

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The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!

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It's clever, but is it Art?

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There are nine-and-sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And every single one of them is right.

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If you want something and don't get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn't want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.

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Once there was The People - Terror gave it birth.

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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.

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Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!

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Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!

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Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.

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The tumalt and shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heat. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.

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Sing, for faith and hope are high- None so true as you and I- Sing the Lovers' Litany: "Love like ours can never die!"

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