To dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
JOHN GALSWORTHYDanger 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.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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A faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.
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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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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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Early morning does not mince words.
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Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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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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Public opinion’s always in advance of the law.
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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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How to save the old that’s worth saving, whether in landscape, houses, manners, institutions, or human types, is one of our greatest problems, and the one that we bother least about.
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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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Love! Beyond measure – beyond death – it nearly kills. But one wouldn’t have been without it.
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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 is the continual, unconscious replacement, however fleeting, of oneself by another; the real cement of human life; the everlasting refreshment and renewal.
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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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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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