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32 quotations, each verified against its source and credited to the work it comes from — the wording as Rudyard Kipling wrote or said it, not as the internet passes it around. Page 2 of 2.

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An order was given, and they obeyed.
— An Indian officer (dialogue) · Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894), "Her Majesty's Servants"
Brother to a Prince and fellow to a beggar if he be found worthy.
— Rudyard Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888), epigraph
It isn't so easy being a King as it looks.
— Daniel Dravot (dialogue) · Rudyard Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888)
I won't make a Nation. I'll make an Empire!
— Daniel Dravot, as reported by Peachey Carnehan · Rudyard Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888)
Neither god nor devil but a man!
— The priests of Kafiristan, as reported by Peachey Carnehan · Rudyard Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888)
D'you suppose I can't die like a gentleman?
— Daniel Dravot, as reported by Peachey Carnehan · Rudyard Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888)
And there the matter rests.
— The narrator · Rudyard Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888)

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