Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth!
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Related East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet RUDYARD KIPLING We face neither East nor West ; we face Forward KWAME NKRUMAH For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south. BIBLE For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. BIBLE I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast. RUMI East Mims was for blacks, west was for white, and never the twain should meet. FRANK BEISLER My angel, - his name is Freedom, Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and w... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Beyond the East the sunrise, beyond the West the sea, And East and West the wanderlust that wil... GERALD GOULD Since ever the world was spinning And till the world shall end You've your man in the begi... L.M. MONTGOMERY And now the measure of my song is done: The work has reached its end; the book is mine, ... OVID Please, amigo. We need you, Kimosabe, O Mighty Powerful One. We need you more than the earth rises i... SIMONE ELKELES She would search for him. In the land that lay east of the sun and west of the moon. But... EDITH PATTOU Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have p... J.R.R. TOLKIEN In the East, fames are won. In the west, deeds are done. RALPH WALDO EMERSON And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong,... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor... RAMANA MAHARSHI I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education i... MALALA YOUSAFZAI Bilbo’s Last Song Day is ended, dim my eyes, But journey long before me lies. J.R.R. TOLKIEN From too much love of living From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving... ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Like seasonless fowl we migrate… from East Coast to West Coast and back and forth again,... LENORE KANDEL And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye sh... 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GIOVANNI PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA And this is the east shore?" Sadie asked. "You said something about that in London--my grandparents ... RICK RIORDAN Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there; She gives the best light to his sphere; Or each ... JOHN DONNE O Time the fatal wrack of mortal things, That draws oblivion's curtains over kings; Their ... ANNE BRADSTREET The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education a... MARTIN BUBER When by the Ruins oft I past My sorrowing eyes aside did cast And here and there the places s... ANNE DUDLEY BRADSTREET We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West... AFRIKA BAMBAATAA What we're dealing with is a displacement of the illegal alien traffic to the east and west. LUIS GARZA Not a believer in the mosque am I, Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I. I am not the pur... BULLEH SHAH I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West. ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN Increasing demand in East Asia can be met from Australian interests, the Middle East or projects bei... PETER COSTELLO Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. you wil... KABIR Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's ea... JARED DIAMOND Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who w... GAUTAMA BUDDHA The farther west he went the more he was convinced that the wise men came from the east. HORACE RUSSELL The farther west he went the more he was convinced that the wise men came from the east HORACE RUSSELL The bird let loose in Eastern skies, Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, no... THOMAS MOORE My heart in the East But the rest of me far in the West— How can I savor this life, ev... YEHUDA HALEVI Time heals. No, it doesn't. At best, time is the great leveler, sweeping us all into coff... KAREN MARIE MONING They want to retain their sovereignty over east and west, absolutely a nonstarter, SAEB ERAKAT Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and earth below, Over the housetops, over th... THOMAS J. WATSON Neither sugar nor salt tastes particularly good by itself. Each is at its best when used to season o... VERA NAZARIAN The key issue is the shift of the centre of gravity from the West to the East, the rise of China and... KLAUS SCHWAB That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own, For neither praise nor pe... EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON I saw the spiders marching through the air, Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day I... ROBERT LOWELL For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the comin... BIBLE Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us lik... MATTHEW ARNOLD Harper understands, but I think the West does need to understand the East better. And I think that t... MIKE HARRIS The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure... OMAR KHAYYáM Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west ... GROUCHO MARX Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is w... GROUCHO MARX While the established ruling systems in the Middle East seem to be coming to an end, the spurious br... MUHAMMED HAIDER THE CURSE May they never Return home at night... May you have no part of ... VISAR ZHITI There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more youth or age than there is n... WALT WHITMAN This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Life is funny isn’t it? Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, just when you fi... CECELIA AHERN Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, ALEXANDER POPE One ship sails east and another sails west With the self-same winds that blow. Tis the set of... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX In these remote corners, I have discovered a center point, where East met West, and although there h... LIAO YIWU There comes a point in life When you are neither brittle nor bitter, And every time someon... NEELAM SAXENA CHANDRA Cites and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time's eye Which daily die; But, as new buds pu... RUDYARD KIPLING We've worked hard to improve east-west traffic. BRYAN HOLLADAY The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid pe... MARJANE SATRAPI
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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 'E's all 'ot sand an' ginger when alive, / An' 'e's generally shammin' when 'e's dead. 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 RUDYARD KIPLING