Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men’s fates are in their own hands.
JOHN GALSWORTHYSlang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.
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Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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We are not living in a private world of our own.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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Such was not quite the condition of Timothy’s on the Bayswater Road, for Timothy’s soul still had one foot in Timothy Forsyte’s body, and Smither kept the atmosphere unchanging, of camphor and port wine and house whose windows are only opened to air it twice a day.
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There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London.
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It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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The French cook; we open tins.
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One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
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Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place – service – social service – the ants creed, the bees creed.
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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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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To dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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