More from Rudyard Kipling
- Just So Stories (1902), The Elephant’s Child.
The highest form of wisdom is to get drunk and go to pieces.
- The Eye of Allah
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If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same
The highest form of wisdom is to get drunk and go to pieces.