The building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
JOHN GALSWORTHYEverything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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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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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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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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Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour.
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Love! Beyond measure – beyond death – it nearly kills. But one wouldn’t have been without it.
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Headlines twice the size of the events.
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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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Come! Let us lay a lance in rest, And tilt at windmills under a wild sky!
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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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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
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Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
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Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
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A snowy, moonlit peak, with its single star, soaring up to the passionate blue; or against the flames of sunset, an old yew-tree standing dark guardian of some fiery secret.
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Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.
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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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