Rudyard Kipling Quotes


When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease. But when we disarmed They sold us, and delivered us, bound, to our foe, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."


Citations

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Gods of the Copybook Headings." Sunday Pictorial, 26 Oct. 1919, p. 8.

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Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
  • Born: December 30, 1865
  • Died: January 18, 1936
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Short-story Writer, Novelist, Poet, Journalist

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work.