A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
JOHN GALSWORTHYIt`s always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it`s going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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It is the continual, unconscious replacement, however fleeting, of oneself by another; the real cement of human life; the everlasting refreshment and renewal.
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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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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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The young man who, at the end of September, 1924, dismounted from a taxicab in South Square,
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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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Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
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Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
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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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To dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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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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As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
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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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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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