Elders Quote by Rudyard Kipling

“Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story.”

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Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

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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.

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Believe the best of everybody.

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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…

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

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Call a truce, then, to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste;…

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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…

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“One of these days, Strickland is going to write a little book on his experiences. That book will be worth buying; and even more,…

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“Good work does not matter, because a man is judged by his worst output and another man takes all the credit of his best as a rule. Bad work does not matter, because other men do worse, and incompetents hang on longer in India than anywhere else. Amusements do not matter, because you must repeat them as soon as you…

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“Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes, said Chuchundra, more sorrowfully than ever.”

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Remember that the progress of the world depends on your knowing better than your elders.

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I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.

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