"You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if……" — Rudyard Kipling

"You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil"

— Rudyard Kipling

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223 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling has 223 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally… — Hannah Arendt
A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — Alexis Arguello
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to… — Aristotle
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state… — Aristotle

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