Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
JOHN GALSWORTHYI drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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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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Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men’s fates are in their own hands.
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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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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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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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Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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Love is not a hot-house flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet night, born of an hour of sunshine; sprung from wild seed, blown along the road by a wild wind.
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The French cook; we open tins.
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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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First one, then the other, getting the upper hand, and too seldom fusing till the result has the mellowness of full achievement.
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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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It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
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I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
JOHN GALSWORTHY