Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
JOHN GALSWORTHYOne can even tell the nature of one’s readers, by their preference for the work which reveals more of this side than of that.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing – deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
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Headlines twice the size of the events.
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It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour.
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If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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And to be stolen away from ourselves by Art is a momentary relaxation from that itching, a minute’s profound, and as it were secret, enfranchisement.
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Looking back on the long-stretched-out body of one’s work, it is interesting to mark the endless duel fought within a man between the emotional and critical sides of his nature.
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There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don’t say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.
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We have to love because we love loving.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.
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I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
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