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.
JOHN GALSWORTHYDreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.
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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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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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Life calls the tune, we dance.
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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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Early morning does not mince words.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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To dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
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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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A wild plant that, when it blooms by chance within the hedge of our gardens, we call a flower; and when it blooms outside we call a weed; but, flower or weed, whose scent and colour are always, wild!
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Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.
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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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Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
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It isn’t enough to love people because they’re good to you, or because in some way or other you’re going to get something by it.
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