See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
JOHN GALSWORTHYIf you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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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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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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Early morning does not mince words.
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There are moments when Nature reveals the passion hidden beneath the careless calm of her ordinary moods-violent spring flashing white on almond-blossom through the purple clouds.
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And to be stolen away from ourselves by Art is a momentary relaxation from that itching, a minute’s profound, and as it were secret, enfranchisement.
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Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between man and man.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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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.
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Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.
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The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
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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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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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It`s always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it`s going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary.
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By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men’s souls.
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Beginnings are always messy.
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