The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
JOHN GALSWORTHYSee what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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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As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
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We have known an emotion which is in every case the same in kind, if not in degree; an emotion precious and uplifting.
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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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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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I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
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One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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We are not living in a private world of our own.
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The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
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It is by muteness that a dog becomes for one so utterly beyond value; with him one is at peace, where words play no torturing tricks.
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Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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Public opinion’s always in advance of the law.
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It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning, a painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless, looking at the leaves or grass, and fling out his arms to embrace he knows not what.
JOHN GALSWORTHY