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.
JOHN GALSWORTHYThe bicycle… has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London.
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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 law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
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We have to love because we love loving.
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Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place – service – social service – the ants creed, the bees creed.
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Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.
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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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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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Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men’s fates are in their own hands.
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We are not living in a private world of our own.
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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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.
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Public opinion’s always in advance of the law.
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Society is built on marriage … marriage and its consequences.
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Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
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