Rudyard Kipling

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose love would follow me still Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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Huh! It is only a pahari," said Kim over his shoulder. "Since when have the hill-asses owned all Hindustan?" The retort was a swift and brilliant sketch of Kim's pedigree for three generations. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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He travels the fastest who travels alone. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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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

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Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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It's clever, but is it Art? ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#clever