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6 quotes from The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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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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