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
wise strong lying
No doubt but ye are the People - absolute, strong and wise; Whatever your hear has desired ye have not withheld from your eyes. On your own heads, in your own hands, the sin and the saving lies!
hell my-own
I have my own matches and sulphur, and I'll make my own hell.
kissing men may
They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only hold his tongue.
speak speak-the-truth i-speak-the-truth
I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth.
law giving tongue
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
temper jungle depends
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
cells brain colour
Not only do words infect, egotize, narcotize, and paralyze, but they enter into and colour the minutest cells of the brain. . . .
motivational men thought-provoking
I keep six honest serving men.
fun taken found
I've taken my fun where I've found it.
brother tails behinds
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind.
substance done records
I wasted my substance, I know I did, on riotous living, so I did, but there's nothing on record to show I did more than my betters have done.
children humble sacrifice
Men, not children or servants, tempered and taught to the end; Cleansed of servile panic, slow to dread or despise, Humble because of knowledge, mighty by sacrifice.
death dog brother
There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and woman to fill our day; But when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
wise lying hate
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.