He might wish and wish and never get it – the beauty and the loving in the world!
JOHN GALSWORTHYA man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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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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Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.
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Beginnings are always messy.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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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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Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.
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Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
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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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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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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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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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Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally.
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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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Love! Beyond measure – beyond death – it nearly kills. But one wouldn’t have been without it.
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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.
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