The building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
JOHN GALSWORTHYThe building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
JOHN GALSWORTHYHe was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral.
JOHN GALSWORTHYLove has no age, no limit; and no death.
JOHN GALSWORTHYUnder 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.
JOHN GALSWORTHYThe law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
JOHN GALSWORTHYOne can even tell the nature of one’s readers, by their preference for the work which reveals more of this side than of that.
JOHN GALSWORTHYSummer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
JOHN GALSWORTHYIdealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
JOHN GALSWORTHYOne’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
JOHN GALSWORTHYOnce admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
JOHN GALSWORTHYAnd they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.
JOHN GALSWORTHYIt’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
JOHN GALSWORTHYFor the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing.
JOHN GALSWORTHYFor, what is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves, with an itch to get outside ourselves.
JOHN GALSWORTHYMatters change and morals change; men remain.
JOHN GALSWORTHYA man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
JOHN GALSWORTHY