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We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it.

John Galsworthy

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Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Corpse Dead Deed From Heap Leave Memory Sense So Under Vague
We have known an emotion which is in every case the same in kind, if not in degree; an emotion precious and uplifting.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Case Degree Emotion Every Kind Known Precious Same Uplift
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.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Art Away Enfranchisement Itch Minute Profound Relaxation Secret Stolen
Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Beauty Complete Instinct Love Nothing One Really Satisfy Sex Union
It`s always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it`s going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Absolutely Always Anyone Anything Consider Go Hurt More Necessary Person While Worth
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 GALSWORTHY

Added Express Familiar Individually Itself Perfection Resentful Retirement Something Style
One can even tell the nature of one’s readers, by their preference for the work which reveals more of this side than of that.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Even More Nature One Preference Reveal Side Work
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.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Courtship Modern Take
The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Always Hear Last Talk
Looking back on the long-stretched-out body of one’s work, it is interesting to mark the endless duel fought within a man between the emotional and critical sides of his nature.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Back Body Long Look Stretch Work
For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Appeared Being Family First Insticny Some Strange Thing Time Unsafe
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.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Brief Dead Future Life Longer Nearby Real Religion Something Struggle Take Place
Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Admit Basis Destroy Human Inflict Once Right Society Suffer Unnecessary
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Action Can Do Done Else Man Nothing Sum
I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Beautiful Horse Impression Nothing Quite Still Thoroughbred Under
Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious – there was generally some reason for it.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Always Generally Jheardedness Light Made Reason Some Suspicious

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