First one, then the other, getting the upper hand, and too seldom fusing till the result has the mellowness of full achievement.
JOHN GALSWORTHYIt isnot good enough tospend time and ink indescribing the penultimate sensations and physical movements of people getting into a state of rut, we all know them so well.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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The French cook; we open tins.
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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
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Life calls the tune, we dance.
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A faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.
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There are moments when Nature reveals the passion hidden beneath the careless calm of her ordinary moods-violent spring flashing white on almond-blossom through the purple clouds.
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I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
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Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
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It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages and waste, a wine worth the drinking is all the time being made.
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Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious – there was generally some reason for it.
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The bicycle… has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second.
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Take modern courtships! They resulted in the same thing as under George the Second, but took longer to reach it, owing to the motor-cycle and the standing lunch.
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To dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
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