734 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

Brother, thy tail hangs down behind.

If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.

Each dog barks in his own yard!

When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, And neither will go from the trail, Lie down till the leaders have spoken, It may be fair words shall prevail

It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, To puff and look important and to say:- 'Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you, We will therefore pay you cash to go away.'

Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.

When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, / He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; / An' what he thought 'e might require, / 'E went an' took - the same as me!

All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.

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.