The building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
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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The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
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Beginnings are always messy.
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For, what is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves, with an itch to get outside ourselves.
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Early morning does not mince words.
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Life calls the tune, we dance.
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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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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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Headlines twice the size of the events.
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Society is built on marriage … marriage and its consequences.
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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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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.
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I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
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