rudyard kipling line that sets out to warn men?

Answer 1

My favorite...

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."

Below are links to Kipling's quotes.

Answer 2

Well, you answered part of your question yourself, maybe without realizing it, because as you say it's a preference.Some guys do, and some don't; like breast augmentations. I think it's normal to like what you like, but as I feel about preferring one 'type' over another, most men are at least slightly obsessed with the female form and all it's wonderful curvaceousness. My guess is that after some time has passed you will find that the girl who is attached to those magnificent mammalia, will be more important to you than her outer appearance and you will love everything about her, including what ever size and shape her breasts happen to be. On a personal note: my preference is the natural boob, because fake ones can be too firm and "plastic" and so don't feel as good as a more yielding variety, i.e.- I like the real thing just fine! I do think that women should be happy with themselves and not bow to "societal pressures", but we both know the reality of that is somewhat different than just saying that, and it's more complex of an issue than that. You are definitely not alone however, if others did not like enhancements of this sort, women wouldn't subject themselves to these procedures. I hope this has helped.

Answer 3

I think that the poem you are thinking about is called "If"

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Answer 4

How the Rhinoceros got his skin, Just-So Stories:

Them that takes cakes
Which the Parsee-man bakes
Makes dreadful mistakes.

It seems that a generation of semi-literates has mistaken the poor scapegoat Rhinoceros as the point of the moral dilemma. This is one warning mankind could well have paid a little more attention to.

Answer 5

Unless it's "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" ... (especially as you said a 'line' - "if" is an entire poem) That's a salutary warning to all men!

Answer 6

i think "if"...since the last two lines,if not exactly a warning...has great depth in it and is more of an ultimatum.

Answer 7

The poem IF is the one you are talking about.

Answer 8

It is.... "The female of the species is deadlier than the male"

Answer 9

The poem "IF" , I believe, is what you need to read.

Answer 10

he does make exceedingly good cakes