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
art clever
It's clever, but is it Art?
humble sacrifice
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
doors agony skulls
One half of my head, from the top of my skull to the cleft of my jaw, hammers, bangs, sizzles while the other half, serene and content, looks on at the agony next door.
mad insanity psychological
Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
land burma knows
This is Burma and it is unlike any land you know about.
sleep heart moon
The python dropped his head lightly for a moment on Mowgli's shoulders. "A brave heart and a courteous tongue," said he. "They shall carry thee far through the jungle, manling. But now go hence quickly with thy friends. Go and sleep, for the moon sets and what follows it is not well that thou shouldst see.
cat pride walks
I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.
knowledge purple belief
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
people may want
All gods have good points, just as have all priests. Personally, I attach much importance to Hanuman , and am kind to his people the great gray apes of the hills. One never knows when one may want a friend.
equality diversity people
All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.
tree poetry sun
Of all the trees that grow so fair Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn.
women intuition absolute-certainty
A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.
dog men names
When the Man waked up he said, 'What is Wild Dog doing here?' And the Woman said, 'His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.'
uplifting memorial-day freedom
All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago