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 GALSWORTHYThe French cook; we open tins.
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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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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It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
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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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I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
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Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious – there was generally some reason for it.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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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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Public opinion’s always in advance of the law.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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Early morning does not mince words.
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Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
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Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
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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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