The Jungle Book Quotes

“Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:fear courage anger

“She knew as well as I did that if there is one thing in the world the elephant is more afraid of than another it is a little barking dog.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:fear

“Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:fear

“Men are only men, Little Brother, and their talk is like the talk of frogs in a pond.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:men

“Therefore all the wild elephants to-night will—but why should I waste wisdom on a river-turtle?”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:wisdom

“every mule hates to be reminded that his father was a donkey.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:stupidity

“A man-trained boy would have been badly bruised, for the fall was a good fifteen feet, but Mowgli fell as Baloo had taught him to fall, and landed on his feet.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:man learning

“The reason the beasts give among themselves is that Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living things, and it is unsportsmanlike to touch him.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:man weakness

“And he grew and grew strong as a boy must grow who does not know that he is learning any lessons, and who has nothing in the world to think of except things to eat.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

“Even the tiger runs and hides when little Tabaqui goes mad, for madness is the most disgraceful thing that can overtake a wild creature.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

topic:madness

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