IF
"IF" by Rudyard Kipling "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In settings of silver. " (Proverbs 25:11) Here is a real treasure; one of Kipling's best offers to the world of Literature; his insightful poem, simply entitled "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 of waiting; or being lied about don't deal in lies;... Sign in to see full entry.