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Rudyard Kipling

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Body and spirit, I surrendered whole, To harsh Instructors- and received a soul.


— Rudyard Kipling


#kipling #soul #education

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart; 'till the Devil wispered from behind the leaves "it's pretty, but is it art?


— Rudyard Kipling


#what-is-art #art

We had a kettle; we let it leak: Our not repairing made it worse. We haven't had any tea for a week... The bottom is out of the Universe.


— Rudyard Kipling


#philosophy #tea #life

All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.


— Rudyard Kipling


#men

What is a woman that you forsake her And the hearth fire and the home acre To go with that old grey widow-maker?


— Rudyard Kipling


#home

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?


— Rudyard Kipling


#what-is-art #art

If you can dream and not make dreams your master


— Rudyard Kipling


#guidance #inspiration #resilience #dreams

There's no jealousy in the grave.


— Rudyard Kipling


#jealousy

More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.


— Rudyard Kipling


#men

A churel is the peculiarly malignant ghost of a woman who has died in child-bed. She haunts lonely roads, her feet are turned backwards on the ankles, and she leads men to torment.


— Rudyard Kipling


#men






About Rudyard Kipling

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Did you know about Rudyard Kipling?

Kipling so loved his masonic experience that he memorialised its ideals in his famous poem "The Mother Lodge". He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".

George Orwell called him a "prophet of British imperialism". : /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer poet and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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