Rudyard Kipling is one of the few famous authors of the English language to have originated from India. His works for children, including The Jungle Book, its sequel Second Jungle Book, Kim, Just So Stories, and Captains Courageous, have earned him global recognition.
Here are just a few of the quotes from “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling.
“I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth.”
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“There is no harm in a man’s cub.”
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“None can hope to lead the Pack forever.”
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“He was thinking of the time that comes to every leader of every pack when his strength goes from him and he gets feebler and feebler, till at last he is killed by the wolves and a new leader comes up–to be killed in his turn.”
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“The others they hate thee because their eyes cannot meet thine; because thou art wise; because thou hast pulled out thorns from their feet–because thou art a man.”
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“What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.”
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“Fire…. Every beast lives in deadly fear of it.”
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“His spots are the joy of the Leopard: his horns are the Buffalo’s pride–
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Be clean, for the strength of the hunter is known by the gloss of his hide.”
“Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as Sister and Brother,
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For though they are little and fubsy, it may be the Bear is their mother.”
“‘There is none like to me!”‘ says the Cub in the pride of his earliest kill;
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But the Jungle is large and the Cub he is small. Let him think and be still.”
“None of the Jungle People like being disturbed.”
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“As the moon came up behind the hill it shone through the openwork, casting shadows on the ground like black-velvet embroidery.”
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“Well, if I am a man, a man I must become.”
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“In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.”
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“Why should I waste wisdom on a river-turtle?”
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