Quote by: Rudyard Kipling

On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, lack of inner life, of estrangement from nature, and of a mediocre or defective gift of understanding.


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Author Bio


  • NameRudyard Kipling
  • DescriptionEnglish short-story writer, poet, and novelist
  • AliasesJoseph Rudyard Kipling
  • BornDecember 30, 1865
  • DiedJanuary 18, 1936
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Novelist; Reporter; Children's Writer; Autobiographer
  • WorksThe Jungle Book; Kim; If—
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature