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.
JOHN GALSWORTHYSociety is built on marriage … marriage and its consequences.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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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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Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
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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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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 French cook; we open tins.
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Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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Only out of stir and change is born new salvation. To deny that is to deny belief in man, to turn our backs on courage!
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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Love 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.
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One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance of family cordiality, an exaggeration of family importance, and the sniff.
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Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.
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