Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
JOHN GALSWORTHYJustice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
JOHN GALSWORTHYThe French cook; we open tins.
JOHN GALSWORTHYWhen 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.
JOHN GALSWORTHYMen are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.
JOHN GALSWORTHYA wild plant that, when it blooms by chance within the hedge of our gardens, we call a flower; and when it blooms outside we call a weed; but, flower or weed, whose scent and colour are always, wild!
JOHN GALSWORTHYWestminster, was so unobtrusively American that his driver had some hesitation in asking for double his fare. The young man had no hesitation in refusing it.
JOHN GALSWORTHYCome! Let us lay a lance in rest, And tilt at windmills under a wild sky!
JOHN GALSWORTHYLife calls the tune, we dance.
JOHN GALSWORTHYHonesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
JOHN GALSWORTHYLove has no age, no limit; and no death.
JOHN GALSWORTHYThe law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
JOHN GALSWORTHYIt`s always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it`s going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary.
JOHN GALSWORTHYFirst one, then the other, getting the upper hand, and too seldom fusing till the result has the mellowness of full achievement.
JOHN GALSWORTHYLove is not a hot-house flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet night, born of an hour of sunshine; sprung from wild seed, blown along the road by a wild wind.
JOHN GALSWORTHYIt’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
JOHN GALSWORTHYIt 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.
JOHN GALSWORTHY