"But he couldn't lie if you paid him……" — Rudyard Kipling
"But he couldn't lie if you paid him and he'd starve before he stole."
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223 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling has 223 quotes on this site.
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And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden, You will find yourself a partner in the…
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Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was-like eating an egg without salt.
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No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all…
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For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.
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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…
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I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
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I have stated it plain, an' my argument's thus ( It's all one, says the Sapper) There's only one Corps…
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Not getting what you want either means you don't want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with…
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Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.
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The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!
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... he became an officer and a gentleman, which is an enviable thing;
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Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by…
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