Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between man and man.
JOHN GALSWORTHYHow to save the old that’s worth saving, whether in landscape, houses, manners, institutions, or human types, is one of our greatest problems, and the one that we bother least about.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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He might wish and wish and never get it – the beauty and the loving in the world!
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I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
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Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
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If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
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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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Matters change and morals change; men remain.
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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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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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Under its influence, wholly or in part, have blossomed weekends, strong nerves, strong legs, strong language… equality of sex, good digestion and professional occupation – in four words, the emanicipation of women.
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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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To dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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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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The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
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