"I wasted my substance, I know I did,……" — Rudyard Kipling
"I wasted my substance, I know I did, on riotous living, so I did, but there's nothing on record to show I did more than my betters have done."
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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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More Betters Quotes
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God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, and the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in his…
— H. L. Mencken
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There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be…
— Walter Raleigh
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"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.
— Ayn Rand
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OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech…
— William James
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The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded…
— Charles Dickens
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Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters.…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child…
— Florence King
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They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and…
— Robertson Davies
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... don't let your elders and supposed betters tell you any different. Sure, you've never been to Paris. No, you…
— Stephen King
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A God who chastises our lack of faith, our vices, the little esteem in which we hold dignity and the…
— Jose Rizal
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Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The…
— Peter Mullan
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