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Schriftsteller, Nobelpreis für Literatur/1907 (England, 1865 - 1936).

Rudyard Joseph Kipling · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Rudyard Joseph Kipling wäre heute 158 Jahre, 3 Monate, 20 Tage oder 57.819 Tage alt.

Geboren am 30.12.1865 in Bombay
Gestorben am 18.01.1936 in London
Sternzeichen: ♑ Steinbock

• Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.

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• Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst.

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• So 'ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan; You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man; An' 'ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, with your 'ayrick 'ead of 'air- You big black boundin' beggar-for you broke a British square!

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• Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool.

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• Take up the White Man's burden- Send forth the best ye breed- Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need.

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• Teach us delight in simple things, / And mirth that has no bitter springs.

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• The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone; 'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own; 'E keeps 'is side-arms awful: 'e leaves 'em all about, An' then comes up the Regiment an' pokes the 'eathen out.

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• The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!

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• The Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him.

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• The colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins.

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• The cure for this ill is not to sit still, Or frowst with a book by the fire; But to take a large hoe and a shovel also, And dig till you gently perspire.

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• The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
  • Paul Catty spricht . . .

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• The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds- The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband, an' 'e gives 'er all she needs; But, oh, the little cargo boats that sail the wet seas roun', They're just the same as you an' me a-plyin' up and down!

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• The mad all are in God's keeping.

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• The man who would be king.

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• The toad beneath the harrow knows exactly where each tooth point goes; the butterfly upon the road preaches contentment to that toad.

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• The tumult and the shouting dies- The captains and the kings depart- Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget!

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• The uniform 'e wore Was nothin' much before, An' rather less than 'arf o' that be'ind.

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• Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' 'Tommy 'ow's yer soul?' But it's 'Thin red line of 'eroes'when the drums begin to roll.

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• Then the Elephant's Child put his head down close to the Crocodile's musky, tusky mouth, and the Crocodile caught him by his little nose . . . 'Led go! You are hurtig be!'

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