Rudyard Kipling

 

Dena Bain Taylor

  

Happy birthday to Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."

"He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors."

"I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble."

"We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding."

"A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty."

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Photo: Penguin Classics

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