To dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
JOHN GALSWORTHYBeauty means this to one person, perhaps, and that to the other. And yet when any one of us has seen or heard or read that which to us is beautiful.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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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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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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I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull.
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Beauty means this to one person, perhaps, and that to the other. And yet when any one of us has seen or heard or read that which to us is beautiful.
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Beginnings are always messy.
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One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
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The building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
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Early morning does not mince words.
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Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious – there was generally some reason for it.
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It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
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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 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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Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.
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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.
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