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Quotation from If— by Rudyard Kipling

“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings--nor lose the common touch,”

Rudyard Kipling (spoken by The speaker)

If—, Lines 25-26 (Rewards and Fairies (1910))

Portrait of Rudyard Kipling

The balance between popularity and integrity, and between high company and humility.

Citation: "If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings--nor lose the common touch," — Rudyard Kipling, If—, Lines 25-26 (Rewards and Fairies (1910)). (id if-kipling-q5)

Portrait: Kipling If (Doubleday 1910), Rudyard Kipling, Public domain.

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