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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.

John Galsworthy

As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Live Man So Think Write
Early morning does not mince words.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Early Mince Morning Soes Word
Public opinion’s always in advance of the law.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Advance Always Law Opinion Public
Looking back on the long-stretched-out body of one’s work, it is interesting to mark the endless duel fought within a man between the emotional and critical sides of his nature.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Back Body Long Look Stretch Work
It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages and waste, a wine worth the drinking is all the time being made.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Age Change New Nottle Old Season Stir Wine
By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men’s souls.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Cigar Smoke Compose Love Men Shall Soul Texture
For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Appeared Being Family First Insticny Some Strange Thing Time Unsafe
Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

End Itself Mean Wealth
There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don’t say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Over Politician Rule World
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!
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Cry Preserve Rather Rebel Sometimes Unblest
Beginnings are always messy.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Always Beginning Messy
Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Admit Basis Destroy Human Inflict Once Right Society Suffer Unnecessary
the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Biggest Change Done Impossibility Life Tragedy Utter
There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

House Limbo Pass Soul Time
It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Bring Count Fortitude Into Life
Headlines twice the size of the events.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Event Headlines Size Twice

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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