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Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.
'E's a sort of a bloomin' cosmopolouse—soldier an' sailor too.
The Seven Seas (1896)
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool!
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was like eating an egg without salt.
The Story of the Gadsbys (1888)
They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam!
The Seven Seas (1896)
For all we take we must pay, but the price is cruel high.
The Courting of Dinah Shadd (1890)
When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre,
He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;
An' what he thought 'e might require,
'E went an' took—the same as me!
Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
Men and women may sometimes, after great effort, achieve a creditable lie; but the house, which is their temple, cannot say anything save the truth of those who have lived in it.
And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are!
The Seven Seas (1896)
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, manling.
When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.
Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro—
And what should they know of England who only England know?
Never again will I spend another winter in this accursed Bucket shop|bucketshop of a refrigerator called England.
Letter to Sidney Colvin (1928)
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine.
Mother o' Mine (1891)
'Take your friend away. He has done with Hanuman, but Hanuman has not done with him.'
Life's Handicap (1891)
What is a woman that you forsake her,
And the hearth-fire and the home-acre,
To go with the old grey Widow-maker?
Take up the White Man's burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need.
’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 walked down a street.