For who would live so petty and unblest That dare not tilt at something ere he die; Rather than, screened by safe majority, Preserve his little life to little end, And never raise a rebel cry!
JOHN GALSWORTHYthe biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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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Take modern courtships! They resulted in the same thing as under George the Second, but took longer to reach it, owing to the motor-cycle and the standing lunch.
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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The young man who, at the end of September, 1924, dismounted from a taxicab in South Square,
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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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.
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It isn’t enough to love people because they’re good to you, or because in some way or other you’re going to get something by it.
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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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One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
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There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don’t say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.
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If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
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I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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Only out of stir and change is born new salvation. To deny that is to deny belief in man, to turn our backs on courage!
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