Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees,… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
The masterless man . . . afflicted with the magic of the necessary words. . . . Words that may become alive… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
You may talk o' gin and beer When you're quartered safe out 'ere, An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it; But… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
The Three in One, the One in Three? Not so! To my own Gods I go. It may be they shall give… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“If a man brings a good mind to what he reads he may become, as it were, the spiritual descendant to some… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
If you hit a pony over the nose at the outset of your acquaintance, he may not love you but he will… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They:… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Body and spirit I surrendered whole To harsh instructors and received a soul... If mortal man could change me through and through… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need, and ye can; But kill not for pleasure… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Good luck go with you, O Chief of the Wolves. And good luck and strong white teeth go with noble children that… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
All gods have good points, just as have all priests. Personally, I attach much importance to Hanuman , and am kind to… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
When young lips have drunk deep of the bitter waters of hate, suspicion and despair, all the love in the world will… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes, It will vanish and the stars will shine again, Because, for all… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Doctors have been exposed-you always will be exposed-to the attacks of those persons who consider their own undisciplined emotions more important than… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
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… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Call a truce, then, to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste;… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
No one accuses the gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He serves as least three jealous gods-his horse… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“One of these days, Strickland is going to write a little book on his experiences. That book will be worth buying; and even more,… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Good work does not matter, because a man is judged by his worst output and another man takes all the credit of his best… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes, said Chuchundra, more sorrowfully than ever.” — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
