Westminster, was so unobtrusively American that his driver had some hesitation in asking for double his fare. The young man had no hesitation in refusing it.
JOHN GALSWORTHYAnd they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
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Life calls the tune, we dance.
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For, what is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves, with an itch to get outside ourselves.
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One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
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Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
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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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To dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
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Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it.
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I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
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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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Under its influence, wholly or in part, have blossomed weekends, strong nerves, strong legs, strong language… equality of sex, good digestion and professional occupation – in four words, the emanicipation of women.
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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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If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
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Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
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