By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men’s souls.
JOHN GALSWORTHYEverything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.
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Public opinion’s always in advance of the law.
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Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
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And to be stolen away from ourselves by Art is a momentary relaxation from that itching, a minute’s profound, and as it were secret, enfranchisement.
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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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And they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.
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Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; and the power to do what seems to him to be right without considering what others may say or think.
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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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I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
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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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The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
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Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place – service – social service – the ants creed, the bees creed.
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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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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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