Early morning does not mince words.
JOHN GALSWORTHYLove is not a hot-house flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet night, born of an hour of sunshine; sprung from wild seed, blown along the road by a wild wind.
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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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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We have known an emotion which is in every case the same in kind, if not in degree; an emotion precious and uplifting.
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Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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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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For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing.
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Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.
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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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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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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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Westminster, was so unobtrusively American that his driver had some hesitation in asking for double his fare. The young man had no hesitation in refusing it.
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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!
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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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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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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