734 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

His line was the jocundly-sentimental Wardour Street brand of adventure, told in a style that exactly met, but never exceeded, every expectation.

These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began-Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of Man.

I have my own matches and sulphur, and I'll make my own hell.

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is they.

Buy a pup and your money will buyLove unflinching that cannot lie.

Day after day, the whole day through—Wherever my road inclined—Four-Feet said, "I am coming with you!"And trotted along behind.

A DEAD STATESMANI could not dig: I dared not rob:Therefore I lied to please the mob.Now all my lies are proved untrueAnd I must face the men I slew.What tale shall serve me here amongMine angry and defrauded young?from EPITAPHS OF THE WAR 1914-18

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble