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Rudyard Kipling

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PETER STAMM Was es ist

Es ist Unsinn
sagt die Vernunft
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Lieb...
ERICH FRIED En el camino, solo la partida es sufrimiento; el transcurso es aprendizaje y la llegada es la recomp...
MARCOS LLEMES Cuando el amor no es locura,no es amor.
PEDRO CALDERóN DE LA BARCA Emprender es soñar atrevimientos. Empresa es realizar tus sueños.
CRISTO LEON Wer es zulässt, dass man ihn beleidigt, verdient es.
PIERRE CORNEILLE Es gibt keine gute Nachricht. Nur weil es eine schlechte Nachricht gibt, muss es nicht zwangsläufig...
DAVID BENIOFF La creatividad significa saber quiénes somos. Es jazz sin música, es un flujo de energía. Ser cre...
UMBERTO ECO Esa es la primera señal: donde no se ven ni escarabajos ni lombrices, es que allí es alta la radia...
SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH No es necesario decir todo lo que se piensa; lo que sí es necesario es pensar todo lo que se dice.
QUINO "Aprender sin pensar es inútil. Pensar sin aprender es peligroso." [ Confucio ]
FERNANDO CORMENZANA Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero tal vez la quiero.
Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olv...
PABLO NERUDA Una ardilla es una rata, lo que un unicornio es una mula.
LUIS ALBERTO BRAVO Realmente es un momento más agridulce de mi vida, es extremadamente decepcionante.
JASON KREIS Es preciosa. No te cansas de mirarla. No tienes que preocuparte de si es más inteligente que tú, p...
JOHN GREEN —¿Qué más? Ella es tan hermosa. No te cansas de verla. Nunca te preocupas si es más inteligent...
JOHN GREEN Escribir es como besar, pero sin labios. Escribir es besar con la mente.
DANIEL GLATTAUER Cada uno es su hobby favorito. Uno siempre es experto en uno mismo.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Qué es la vida? Un frenesí.
¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión,
una sombra, una ficción, PEDRO CALDERóN DE LA BARCA Lo que sabemos es una gota de agua; lo que ignoramos es un océano.
ISAAC NEWTON cuanto más perfecto es el amor, mayor es la locura, y mayor la felicidad.
ERASMUS La amistad es como la brisa marina porque reconforta, da paz y es saludable.
MARTíN BALAREZO GARCíA El mejor vino es el más viejo, la mejor agua es la más nueva.
WILLIAM BLAKE El pasado es una historia lógica. Es el sentido de lo que sucedió. Pero como el futuro todavía no...
JOHN GREEN Todo lo que sabemos del amor es que el amor es todo lo que hay.
EMILY DICKINSON Leer es viajar sin moverse del sitio. Escribir es construir el camino para el viaje.
JAVIER SALAZAR CALLE Escribir es un modo de localizar mi hambre, y el hambre no es sino un vacío.
SIRI HUSTVEDT [Es gibt keine Pläne für einen Enterprise Film, aber die Schauspieler glauben auch, dass es nur ei...
DOMINIC KEATING Vielleicht finden es manche schade, dass sie weniger Narben hinterlässt, dass sich weniger Leute an...
JOHN GREEN Te cuento lo que no me gusta: desde aquí no se ve el óxido, la pintura cayéndose y todo eso, pero...
JOHN GREEN Que enamorarse es y será siempre eso que me pasó a su lado. Pero amar es mejor.
AMALIA ANDRADE ARANGO Cada quien es lo que es, por lo que la vida le haya hecho ver y aprender
ED HERNANDEZ ¿Qué es estar vivo? [...] Estar vivo es … dar vida. Dar vida a los que te rodean, recuérdalo.
ALBERT ESPINOSA Fürst! Was Sie sind, sind Sie durch Zufall und Geburt, was ich bin, bin ich durch mich. Fürsten ha...
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ¿Sabes cuál es la lección más importante d ela historia? Que solo la escriben los vencedores. Es...
ANTHONY DOERR ¿Es el amor el que vuelve estúpidas a las personas o es que sólo los estúpidos se enamoran?
ORHAN PAMUK Es curioso como la posibilidad te puede levantar los ánimos. Es curioso como la realidad te puede h...
CAT PATRICK A veces hay que alejarse de la multitud para ser una mejor persona. No siempre es fácil, eso es seg...
SIMONE ELKELES If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is...
RUDYARD KIPLING Creer en Dios es cosa buena, es lo que se debe hacer, pero cuando se refuerza esta creencia con pala...
V.C. ANDREWS Ihr glaubt, ihr seid dazu verpflichtet -
ja, das wolln wir aber gar nicht - ja, das wolln wir ...
KURT TUCHOLSKY Es gibt Reichtümer, an denen man zugrunde geht, wenn man sie nicht mit anderen teilen kann.
MICHAEL ENDE Dijo que a una chica como Mary Elizabeth no deberías decirle que está guapa. Deberías decirle lo ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY La historia de ese gato es algo extraña. No es que yo quisiera tener una mascota ni nada, sólo suc...
MARIAM PARRA Para mí, leer es recordar.
CAT PATRICK La tragedia no es glamurosa
E. LOCKHART Es como saber que eres el centro, lo único que él ve, que solo te ve a ti. Y eso es tan tierno y e...
NORA ROBERTS Es muy triste olvidar a un amigo. Tener un amigo no es cosa de la que puede ufanarse todo el mundo.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY La soledad es necesaria para alcanzar la santidad. Se han olvidado de que en la soledad la tentació...
CARLOS FUENTES Pero es más que sólo un arañazo. Es un puñetazo en el estómago y una bofetada en la cara. Es un...
JAY ASHER El peor de los sabios es el que visita a un príncipe; el mejor príncipe es el que visita a un sabi...
IDRIES SHAH La mejor manera de crecer es cayéndose y la forma más útil de ayudar a alguien es únicamente aco...
CARLOS CUAUHTéMOC SáNCHEZ El tiempo es cuestion de tiempo, la vida es cuestion de vida, la vida dura un momento, el tiempo tod...
MICHELLE SANCHEZ La poesía no es de nadie, es de todos. Se hace cada vez que alguien con cosas que decir abre la boc...
BENITO TAIBO En #Twitter, Cantidad no es Calidad.
CRISTO LEON Hasta la muerte, todo es vida.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA El Amor es un Elemento. --- Akiva
LAINI TAYLOR El amor es paciente, es bondadoso. El amor no es envidioso, ni jactancioso, ni orgulloso. No se comp...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Pedir perdón es humillante y no arregla nada. La solución no es pedir perdón, sino evitar los est...
MARIO BENEDETTI There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als e...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Puedo decirte que el final de una vida es la suma del amor que fue vivido en ella; y estar en su fin...
CASSANDRA CLARE Emma, la maestra de la mentira. La reina del "Mi hermano es normal", "Mi hermano es tímido". Mi her...
BRENNA YOVANOFF La imagen digital es uno de los intangibles mas descuidados de las empresas y muchas veces es la pri...
CRISTO LEON Escribir es una necesidad infantil de construirme un mundo. Es evadir con picardía la realidad y to...
RICARDO ARJONA la verdad, ni bien es pronunciada, se transforma inmediatamente en una opinión entre tantas, es con...
ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Todo es posible sólo hay que atreverse.
CRISTO LEON El Mundo es mas bonito a Caballo
JORGE EDUARDO CONTRERAS SALCEDO El perdon es una expresion de amor
ERNESTINA SODI MIRANDA Es tan lindo saber que Usted existe.
MARIO BENEDETTI Olvidar un hecho, es modificar el pasado.
OSCAR WILDE La vida es preciosa porque tiene final.
RICK RIORDAN El "pero" es la palabra más puta que conozco -. "te quiero, pero..."; "podría ser, pero..."; "no e...
EDUARDO SACHERI El sufrimiento es impuesto a nosotros una y otra vez hasta que un día seríamos valientes sabios am...
SUZY KASSEM Lo que es muy raro es sentir debilidad, verdadera debilidad por alquien, y que nos la produzca, que ...
JAVIER MARíAS Es la posibilidad lo que me mantiene con esperanza, no la garantía; es como una apuesta que me hago...
NICHOLAS SPARKS El hombre es el único ser que consume sin producir. No da leche, no pone huevos, es demasiado débi...
GEORGE ORWELL Das Leben war schwierig geworden, es gab nichts Großes, an das man glauben, keine Pflichten, die ma...
JULI ZEH Tu dois aimer. Tu dois ressentir. C'est la raison pour laquelle tu es ici sur terre. Tu es ici pour ...
LOUISE ERDRICH El primer paso, indispensable para lograr las cosas que desea obtener en la vida, es el siguiente: d...
JACK CANFIELD - Tu es et tu resteras toujours une petite-bourgeoise moraliste. Comme Camus.
- Tu es et tu res...
JEAN-MICHEL GUENASSIA la admiración por el Padre, símbolo de lo cerrado y agresivo, capaz de chingar y abrir, se transpa...
OCTAVIO PAZ Es war falsch zu lauschen, das war mir klar, doch irgendwie war es so schön kindisch, was mir ein B...
MARTINA RIEMER Das wahre Wunder, das ist nicht das Leben. Das Leben gibt es überall, es wimmelt nur so davon. Das ...
GILLES LEGARDINIER Nada es más valioso que la risa. Se requiere de fuerza para reír y abandonarse a uno, para ser lig...
FRIDA KAHLO Creo que en la vida todo es posible.
NICHOLAS SPARKS Nun, sieh mal, wer kann es ihnen verübeln?
BRANNON BRAGA Nun, sieh mal, wer kann es ihnen verübeln?
BRANNON BRAGA El Comunismo Es la organización del conformismo total
HAMLET GARCIA ¡Que rico es vivir aquí en la Tierra!
BYRON ROMERO PEñA Querer es siempre más valioso que te quieran.
ALBERT ESPINOSA Así pues, ¿qué es mejor? ¡Recordar u olvidar?
SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH In truth, Kipling's politics are not mine. But then, it would be a poor sort of world if one were on...
NEIL GAIMAN Una cosa es ser antisocial y otra ser socialmente selectivo. No a todos se les debe invitar a que en...
IGNACIO NOVO Es asombroso el hecho de que una gran parte de nosotros siga inmersa en sueños cuando nos despertam...
NEIL GAIMAN Solo. Sí, esa es la palabra clave, la palabra más tremenda. Asesino no le llega a los talones, e i...
STEPHEN KING Cualquiera puede amar algo por algún motivo. Eso es tan fácil como meterse un penique en el bolsil...
PATRICK ROTHFUSS Todo en ella es cautivante, como la consecuencia de una tormenta. No se supone que la gente obtenga ...
COLLEEN HOOVER Lo que ha pasado es algo desconocido. Es otro miedo. No se oye, no se ve, no huele, no tiene color; ...
SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH Ich würde niemandem raten die Luft anzuhalten ... Abgesehen von der Filmfrage, denke...
RENE AUBERJONOIS Cuando tocas fondo, pierdes el miedo...y es fantástico.
BARBARA HALL

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RUDYARD KIPLING Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
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RUDYARD KIPLING A heathy garden is a reflection of a healthy soul.
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RUDYARD KIPLING But that's another story.
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RUDYARD KIPLING Daughter am I in my mother's house, But mistress in my own
RUDYARD KIPLING You haf too much Ego in your Cosmos
RUDYARD KIPLING Call a truce, then to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors And be merry as the custo...
RUDYARD KIPLING Pleasant the snaffle of Courtship, improving the manners and carriage, But the colt who is wise will...
RUDYARD KIPLING When the Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried.
RUDYARD KIPLING Predestination in the stride o' yon connectin'-rod.
RUDYARD KIPLING All we have of freedom - all we use or know - This our fathers bought for us, long and long ago
RUDYARD KIPLING To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned.
RUDYARD KIPLING It is at Bombay that the smell of All Asia boards the ship miles off shore, and holds the passenger'...
RUDYARD KIPLING He's an absent-minded beggar, and his weaknesses are great - / But we and Paul must take him as we f...
RUDYARD KIPLING Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.
RUDYARD KIPLING The great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever trees.
RUDYARD KIPLING Prize, oh! Haul! shouted Dan, but the shout ended in a shrill, double shriek of horror, for out of t...
RUDYARD KIPLING . . . an angry skipper makes an unhappy crew . . .
RUDYARD KIPLING And it is I, Raksha [The Demon], who answers. The man’s cub is mine, Lungri–mine to me! He shall...
RUDYARD KIPLING Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall kee...
RUDYARD KIPLING Of course the Man was wild too. He was dreadfully wild. He didn't even begin to be tame till he met ...
RUDYARD KIPLING I have my own matches and sulphur, and I'll make my own hell.
RUDYARD KIPLING The world is very lovely, and it's very horrible--and it doesn't care about your life or mine or any...
RUDYARD KIPLING I've a head like a concertina, I've a tongue like a buttonstick, I've a mouth like an old potato, an...
RUDYARD KIPLING If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, / Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch.
RUDYARD KIPLING I've a head like a concertina, I've a tongue like a button-stick, / I've a mouth like an old potato,...
RUDYARD KIPLING Your new-caught, sullen peoples / Half devil and half child.
RUDYARD KIPLING An' for all 'is dirty 'ide / 'E was white, clear white inside / When 'e went to tend the wounded und...
RUDYARD KIPLING A-wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot.
RUDYARD KIPLING Duke's son - cook's son - son of a hundred kings - / (Fifty thousand horse and foot going to Table B...
RUDYARD KIPLING 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor / With a hairy gold crown on 'er 'ead?
RUDYARD KIPLING There's a little red-faced man, / Which is Bobs. / Rides the tallest 'orse 'e can - / Our Bobs.
RUDYARD KIPLING It was not preached to the crowd, / It was not taught by the State. / No man spoke it aloud, / When ...
RUDYARD KIPLING If he plays, being young and unskillful, For shekels of silver or gold, Take his money, my son prais...
RUDYARD KIPLING The coastwise lights of England watch the ships of England go!
RUDYARD KIPLING Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!
RUDYARD KIPLING What stands if Freedom fall? / Who dies if England live?
RUDYARD KIPLING Such boastings as the Gentiles use, / Or lesser breeds without the Law.
RUDYARD KIPLING Take up the White Man's burden - / And reap his old reward: / The blame of those ye better, / The ha...
RUDYARD KIPLING There be triple ways to take, of the eagle or the snake, / Or the way of a man with a maid.
RUDYARD KIPLING And Ye take mine honour from me if Ye take away the sea!
RUDYARD KIPLING There's times when you'll think that you mightn't, / There's times when you know that you might; / B...
RUDYARD KIPLING The sins ye do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one
RUDYARD KIPLING Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.
RUDYARD KIPLING Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.
RUDYARD KIPLING If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/ And treat those two impostors just the same.
RUDYARD KIPLING When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, And neither will go from the trail, Lie down till the leade...
RUDYARD KIPLING All good people agree,
And all good people say,
All nice people, like Us, are We
An...
RUDYARD KIPLING Like everything else in the world, it is one man's work.
RUDYARD KIPLING What avail is honour or a sword against a pen?
RUDYARD KIPLING I have joyfully done much evil in my life to those who have wished me evil (General Maximus)
RUDYARD KIPLING There is no gift like friendship. Remember this - when you become a young man. For your fate will tu...
RUDYARD KIPLING I had come down here, not to serve God as a craftsman should, but to show my people how great a craf...
RUDYARD KIPLING Threatened men live long.
RUDYARD KIPLING Witta feared nothing - except to be poor.
RUDYARD KIPLING Cites and Thrones and Powers
Stand in Time's eye
Which daily die;
But, as new buds pu...
RUDYARD KIPLING It isn't what you say so much.
It's what you mean when you say it.
RUDYARD KIPLING I keep six honest serving men: They taught me all I knew: Their names are What and Why and When and ...
RUDYARD KIPLING East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet
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