A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
JOHN GALSWORTHYA faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Take modern courtships! They resulted in the same thing as under George the Second, but took longer to reach it, owing to the motor-cycle and the standing lunch.
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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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When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing – deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
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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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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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Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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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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Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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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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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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Come! Let us lay a lance in rest, And tilt at windmills under a wild sky!
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Looking back on the long-stretched-out body of one’s work, it is interesting to mark the endless duel fought within a man between the emotional and critical sides of his nature.
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Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
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Headlines twice the size of the events.
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He 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.
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