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Rudyard Kipling Quotes: 11

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.
I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.
Under The Deodars
It's clever, but is it Art?
You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.
The Light That Failed
Buy a pup and your money will buyLove unflinching that cannot lie.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen,You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun.And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten,And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours.
Something of Myself
Body and spirit, I surrendered whole, To harsh Instructors- and received a soul.