Rudyard Kipling: Man (page 2)

Rudyard Kipling was English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“That's the secret. 'Tisn't beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just It. Some women'll stay in a man's memory if they once walk down a street.”

Rudyard Kipling

Mrs. Bathurst http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/TrafficsDiscoveries/bathurst.html (1904).
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Secret , Beauty , Memory

“East of Suez, some hold, the direct control of Providence ceases; Man being there handed over to the power of the Gods and Devils of Asia, and the Church of England Providence only exercising an occasional and modified supervision in the case of Englishmen.”

Rudyard Kipling Life's Handicap

The Mark of the Beast.
Life's Handicap (1891)

God , Exercises

“For ‘im that doth not work must surely die;
But that's no reason man should labour all
‘Is life on one same shift—life's none so long.”

Rudyard Kipling

Sestina of the Tramp-Royal, Stanza 4 (1896).
The Seven Seas (1896)

Life

“This man in his own country prayed we know not to what powers.
We pray them to reward him for his bravery in ours.”

Rudyard Kipling

Hindu Sepoy in France
Epitaphs of the War (1914-1918) (1918)

Country

“When you get to a man in the case,
They're like as a row of pins -
For the Colonel's Lady an' Judy O'Grady
Are sisters under their skins! ”

Rudyard Kipling
Sister

“Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.”

Rudyard Kipling
Money