“Call a truce, then, to our labors -- let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ''faint and forced the laughter,'' and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past.”
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Kipling, R. (n.d.). Call a truce, then, to our labors -- let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ''faint and forced the laughter,'' and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/10071-call-a-truce-then-to-our-labors-let/
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Kipling, Rudyard. “Call a truce, then, to our labors -- let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ''faint and forced the laughter,'' and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/10071-call-a-truce-then-to-our-labors-let/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Kipling, Rudyard. “Call a truce, then, to our labors -- let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ''faint and forced the laughter,'' and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/10071-call-a-truce-then-to-our-labors-let/.