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Rudyard Kipling was a British poet, short-story writer, and novelist, known for his works reflecting British imperialism and his experiences in India. His most famous works include 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim'.

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Famous Rudyard Kipling Quotes

“The cat will keep his side of the bargain. He will kill mice, and he will be kind to babies when he is in the house, just so long as they do not pull his tail too hard. But when he has done that, and between times, and when the moon gets up and night comes, he is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him. Then he goes out to the Wet Wild Woods or up on the Wet Wild trees or on the Wet Wild roofs, waving his wild tail and walking by his wild lone.”

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Book:Just So Stories and the Jungle Book

Source: Just So Stories and the Jungle Book

“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.”

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Book:Delphi Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated)

“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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Author:Rudyard Kipling

“We have done with Hope and Honour. we are lost to Love and Truth, We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung; And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth. God help us, for we knew the worst too young!”

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Book:Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems

Source: Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems

“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.”

Knows Done Shows Pleasure Records Substance

Book:Complete verse

Source: Complete verse

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

Knows Littles Has Beens Done Judging

Author:Rudyard Kipling

“Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.”

Made Done Spirit Religion Spirituality Half Knees Adam Gardening Gardener

Author:Rudyard Kipling

“For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions, largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.”

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Book:Rudyard Kipling: The Complete Verse

Source: Rudyard Kipling: The Complete Verse