Kipling Quote by Jorge Luis Borges Download Open image ““Unappreciated because too many of his [Rudyard Kipling's] peers were socialists.”” — Jorge Luis Borges ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Kipling Rudyard Kipling Socialism
“He had loads of colleagues, acquaintances, buddies. He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“It was ironic—the great socialists could only survive by becoming capitalists.” But” — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“The problem with socialists, is that they always run out of other people's money,” — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“National Socialism was a revulsion by my friends against parliamentary politics, parliamentary debate, parliamentary government—against all the higgling and the haggling of the parties… — Milton Mayer Copy Share Image
“Yeah, it always amazes me how quickly people turn into good little socialists when they run out of their stuff. As long as they… — A. American Copy Share Image
“As a matter of fact I did flirt with Socialism, in my youth." "That when you were in university, was it?" He smiled. "Yes.… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
“But in practice, neither believed in friendship or loyalty. They believed in passion, they believed in a hybrid form of social or public happiness… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“It's time, more than ever, to shrug off apathy. For Socialism not to be a dirty word any more. This is a time for… — Jake Copy Share Image
“Gradually this truth is beginning to dawn on the political class, so that even socialists have come to accept that the poor are not… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I also found it particularly encouraging that the decent people in his life were now outnumbering the crazy bitches” — R.K. Lilley Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I don't think we're capable of knowledge, but I like to keep an open mind. So if you ask me whether I believe in… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The web of time - the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect, or ignore each other through the centuries - embraces "every"… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When I write, I do it urged by an intimate necessity. I don't have in mind an exclusive public, or a public of multitudes,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Body and spirit, I surrendered whole, To harsh Instructors- and received a soul.” — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't have any comic books, at all. But my friend had a trunk full of them, so comic books were like… — James Spader Copy Share Image
During five literary generations every enlightened person had despised him, and at the end of that time nine-tenths of those enlightened persons are forgotten… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Kipling said that Success and Failure are both imposters, and we should all listen to Kipling, if only because none of us are likely… — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
It may be that there is an afterlife and I'll look incredibly stupid, but at least I will have had a crammed pre afterlife,… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book. Deep down,… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Read him slowly, dear girl, you must read Kipling slowly. Watch carefully where the commas fall so you can discover the natural pauses. He… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Will there never come a season Which shall rid us from the curse? Of a prose which knows no reason And an unmelodious verse:… — James Kenneth Stephen Copy Share Image
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