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For who would live so petty and unblest That dare not tilt at something ere he die; Rather than, screened by safe majority, Preserve his little life to little end, And never raise a rebel cry!

John Galsworthy

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It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning, a painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless, looking at the leaves or grass, and fling out his arms to embrace he knows not what.
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
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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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Admit Basis Destroy Human Inflict Once Right Society Suffer Unnecessary
Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour.
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Armour Burnish Danger Fundamental Indespensible Individual Premotion Quality Scented Society
Early morning does not mince words.
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Early Mince Morning Soes Word
Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
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Give Itself Justice Machine Once Push Roll Some Start
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 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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Both Same Clothes Degree Demonstration Exactly High Prevent Same Voice
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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Those are the moments that I think are precious to a dog-when, with his adoring soul coming through his eyes, he feels that you are really thinking of him.
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Adore Dog Eyes Feel Moment Precious Really Think
I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
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Believe Greatest Person Thing Think World
He might wish and wish and never get it – the beauty and the loving in the world!
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Beauty Get Love might never Wish World
We have known an emotion which is in every case the same in kind, if not in degree; an emotion precious and uplifting.
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Case Degree Emotion Every Kind Known Precious Same Uplift
A snowy, moonlit peak, with its single star, soaring up to the passionate blue; or against the flames of sunset, an old yew-tree standing dark guardian of some fiery secret.
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As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
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