A faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.
JOHN GALSWORTHYLove could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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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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We are not living in a private world of our own.
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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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Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
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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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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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It is the continual, unconscious replacement, however fleeting, of oneself by another; the real cement of human life; the everlasting refreshment and renewal.
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Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.
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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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For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing.
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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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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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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.
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There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don’t say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.
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