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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It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is, “Run and find out”; and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.
The Jungle Book (1894), “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”
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The highest form of wisdom is to get drunk and go to pieces.