First one, then the other, getting the upper hand, and too seldom fusing till the result has the mellowness of full achievement.
JOHN GALSWORTHYMatters change and morals change; men remain.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Come! Let us lay a lance in rest, And tilt at windmills under a wild sky!
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Beginnings are always messy.
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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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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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Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.
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Public opinion’s always in advance of the law.
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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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Westminster, 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.
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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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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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The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
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Matters change and morals change; men remain.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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It isn’t enough to love people because they’re good to you, or because in some way or other you’re going to get something by it.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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