Rudyard Kipling1865–1936The quotations of
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet
1865–1936
44 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Women and Animals.
If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied.Epitaphs of the War (1914-1918) (1918), Common FormBrothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.The Power of the Dog, Stanza 1 (1909).Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne,
He travels the fastest who travels alone.Soldiers Three, The Winners (L’Envoi: What Is the Moral?), Stanza 1 (1888).- Mother o’ Mine (1891).
- “Fiction”, speech to the Royal Society of Literature, June 1926; published in Writings on Writing: Rudyard Kipling (1996), ed. Sandra Kemp and Lisa Lewis, p. 80
- The English Flag, Stanza 1 (1891).
- Tommy (1890), Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, 1896), Tommy, Stanza 5.In context
- The Second Jungle Book (1895)
- Other works
- The Jungle Book (1894), Kaa’s hunting.In context
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
The Second Jungle Book (1895)- The Second Jungle Book (1895)
- Gunga Din (1890), Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, 1896), Gunga Din, Stanza 5.In context
- The Jungle Book (1894), Kaa’s HuntingIn context
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on youIf— (1910)In context
