We have to love because we love loving.
JOHN GALSWORTHY
JOHN GALSWORTHY
John Galsworthy on loving
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John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance of family cordiality, an exaggeration of family importance, and the sniff.
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
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John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy The French cook; we open tins.
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John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy Society is built on marriage … marriage and its consequences.
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy 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.
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy 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.
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy 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.
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy A wild plant that, when it blooms by chance within the hedge of our gardens, we call a flower; and when it blooms outside we call a weed; but, flower or weed, whose scent and colour are always, wild!
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy And they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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Loving someone has great benefits.
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Adrian TanAdrian Tan I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.
Adam SavageAdam Savage Success isn’t about the biggest house in the world. Success is about loving your family, taking care of your child.
Adam BeachAdam Beach Look, how they scold me for all my loving and tippling, now that the silvery edges shine forth from my brow!
Abu Yahya al-LibiAbu Yahya al-Libi People acceptin’ me for me, people lovin’ my music was big for me.
Ace HoodAce Hood Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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