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!
JOHN GALSWORTHYTo dislike the clothes and voices of other men – all this was precious to her beyond everything.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Beginnings are always messy.
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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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.
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Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious – there was generally some reason for it.
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As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
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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 French cook; we open tins.
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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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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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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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Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
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It`s always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it`s going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary.
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It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning, a painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless, looking at the leaves or grass, and fling out his arms to embrace he knows not what.
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For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing.
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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