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Something of Myself QUOTES

Something of Myself QUOTES

1 " (An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours. "

― Rudyard Kipling , Something of Myself

2 " This leads me to the Higher Editing. Take of well-ground Indian Ink as much as suffices and a camel-hair brush proportionate to the inter-spaces of your lines. In an auspicious hour, read your final draft and consider faithfully every paragraph, sentence and word, blacking out where requisite. Let it lie by to drain as long as possible. At the end of that time, re-read and you should find that it will bear a second shortening. Finally, read it aloud alone and at leisure. Maybe a shade more brushwork will then indicate or impose itself. If not, praise Allah and let it go, and ‘when thou hast done, repent not.’ The shorter the tale, the longer the brushwork and, normally, the shorter the lie-by, and vice versa. The longer the tale, the less brush but the longer lie-by. I have had tales by me for three or five years which shortened themselves almost yearly. The magic lies in the Brush and the Ink. For the Pen, when it is writing, can only scratch; and bottled ink is not to compare with the ground Chinese stick. Experto crede. "

― Rudyard Kipling , Something of Myself

3 " Badly-treated children have a clear notion of what they are likely to get if they betray the secrets of a prison-house before they are clear of it. "

― Rudyard Kipling , Something of Myself

4 " Se aprende más de un erudito apasionado que de un montón de ganapanes de ardua brillantez. "

― Rudyard Kipling , Something of Myself