<P> "Gunga Din" is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set in British India . The poem is much - remembered by its final line: "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din", often quoted in the UK in reaction to self - praise . </P> <P> "Tho' I've belted you and flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!" </P>

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