734 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

Good Lord! who can account for the fathomless folly of the public?

And burdened Gentile o’er the main,Must bear the weight of Israel’s hateBecause he is not brought againIn triumph to Jerusalem.

Among the young ravens driven to roost awhile on Graydon's ark was James Andrew Manallace - a darkish, slow northerner of a type that does not ignite, but must be detonated. ("Dayspring Mishandled")

One view called me to another; one hill top to its fellow, half across the country, and since I could answer at no more trouble than the snapping forward of a lever, I let the country flow under my wheels.

They talk o' rich folks bein' stuck up and genteel, but for iron-clad pride o' respectability there's nowt like poor chapel folk. Why, 'tis as cold as the wind on Greenhow Hill -- aye, and colder, too, for 'twill never change.

If you hit a pony over the nose at the outset of your acquaintance, he may not love you but he will take a deep interest in your movements ever afterwards

Quelle ronde debbono eseguirsi con qualunque tempo e sotto qualunque luce si possano avere lassù all'altezza di undicimila piedi, con la Morte per compagna sotto ogni piede. Rocce lucenti di ghiaccio, dove una scarpa dai chiodi logorati scivola una volta ed una volta sola.

e disse ben poco altresì di quella mostruosa gibbosità, intrisa di sangue, che si chiama il Sabotino, e che fu presa, perduta e ripresa, nel modo più glorioso, durante i primi giorni della guerra; mentre ora giaceva lì, sotto di noi, apparentemente calma, come un pascolo montano

Gentlemen-rankers out on the spreeDamned from here to Eternity,God ha' mercy on such as we, Baa! Yah! Bah!