Maxioms by Rudyard Kipling
Now it is not good for the Christian's health
To hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian read more
Now it is not good for the Christian's health
To hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles and the Aryan smiles,
And it weareth the Christian down.
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white
With the name of the late deceased--
And the epitaph drear: "A fool lies here
Who tried to hustle the East."
In sight of peace--from the Narrow Seas
O'er half the world to run--
With a cheated crew, read more
In sight of peace--from the Narrow Seas
O'er half the world to run--
With a cheated crew, to league anew
With the Goth and the shameless Hun.
The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire.
He shall fulfill God's utmost will, read more
The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire.
He shall fulfill God's utmost will, unknowing His desire,
And he shall see old planets pass and alien stars arise,
And give the gale his reckless sail in shadow of new skies.
Strong lust of gear shall drive him out and hunger arm his hand,
To wring his food from a desert nude, his foothold from the sand.
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.
He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.