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.
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.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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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!
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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The French cook; we open tins.
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Society is built on marriage … marriage and its consequences.
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Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally.
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The young man who, at the end of September, 1924, dismounted from a taxicab in South Square,
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Life calls the tune, we dance.
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Beginnings are always messy.
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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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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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Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
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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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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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