Quote of the day by Rudyard Kipling: 'If you can keep your head when all about you are...'

Rudyard Kipling’s iconic poem If— offers timeless wisdom on how to remain composed in the face of chaos. The opening lines ...
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If - poem by Rudyard Kipling

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 ...

What Makes a Book a Classic and Who Decides

Classics are not the best books ever written. They are the books that survived a flawed selection process., Books, Times Now ...
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If - Poem by Rudyard Kipling

"If—" is a poem by English poet Rudyard Kipling, written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. It is a literary example of Victorian-era values. If you can dream—and not make dreams your ...
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“Infinite Jest” Has Turned Thirty. Have We Forgotten How to Read It?

David Foster Wallace’s novel, in all its immensity, became the subject of sanctification and then scorn. But the work rewards ...