<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511131" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Thousandth Man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One man in a thousand, Solomon says,<br>Will stick more close than a brother.<br>And it's worth while seeking him half your days<br>If you find him before the other.<br>Nine nundred and ninety-nine depend<br>On what the world sees in you,<br>But the Thousandth man will stand your friend<br>With the whole round world agin you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Tis neither promise nor prayer nor show<br>Will settle the finding for 'ee.<br>Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em go<br>By your looks, or your acts, or your glory.<br>But if he finds you and you find him.<br>The rest of the world don't matter;<br>For the Thousandth Man will sink or swim<br>With you in any water.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You can use his purse with no more talk<br>Than he uses yours for his spendings,<br>And laugh and meet in your daily walk<br>As though there had been no lendings.<br>Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em call<br>For silver and gold in their dealings;<br>But the Thousandth Man h's worth 'em all,<br>Because you can show him your feelings.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His wrong's your wrong, and his right's your right,<br>In season or out of season.<br>Stand up and back it in all men's sight --<br>With that for your only reason!<br>Nine hundred and ninety-nine can't bide<br>The shame or mocking or laughter,<br>But the Thousandth Man will stand by your side<br>To the gallows-foot -- and after!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rudyard+Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511131" data-title="The Thousandth Man de Rudyard Kipling" data-description="One man in a thousand, Solomon says, Will stick more close than a brother. And it's worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. Nine nundred and ninety-nine depend On what the world sees in you, But the Thousandth man ..."></div> </div> </div>

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