Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.
JOHN GALSWORTHYJustice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men’s fates are in their own hands.
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
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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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By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men’s souls.
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One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
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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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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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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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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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Life calls the tune, we dance.
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The bicycle… has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second.
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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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It isnot good enough tospend time and ink indescribing the penultimate sensations and physical movements of people getting into a state of rut, we all know them so well.
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