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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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