The sense of form that both had in such high degree prevented much demonstration; but to be with him, do things for him, to admire, and credit him with perfection; and, since she could not exactly wear the same clothes or speak in the same clipped, quiet, decisive voice.
JOHN GALSWORTHYUnder 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.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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The French cook; we open tins.
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Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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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.
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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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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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Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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It is by muteness that a dog becomes for one so utterly beyond value; with him one is at peace, where words play no torturing tricks.
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Matters change and morals change; men remain.
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Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
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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.
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Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.
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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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