Headlines twice the size of the events.
JOHN GALSWORTHYSee what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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The sense of form that both had in such high degree prevented much demonstration; but to be with him, do things for him, to admire, and credit him with perfection; and, since she could not exactly wear the same clothes or speak in the same clipped, quiet, decisive voice.
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Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men’s fates are in their own hands.
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We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it.
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It 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.
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Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.
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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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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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The building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
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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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Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.
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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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It`s always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it`s going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary.
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A faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.
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One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
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