Quote by: Rudyard Kipling

A DEAD STATESMAN I could not dig: I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue And I must face the men I slew. What tale shall serve me here among Mine angry and defrauded young? from EPITAPHS OF THE WAR 1914-18


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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