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For who would live so petty and unblest That dare not tilt at something ere he die; Rather than, screened by safe majority, Preserve his little life to little end, And never raise a rebel cry!

John Galsworthy

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Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.
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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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Dompting Itch Ourselves Outside Previous Shut
We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it.
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Argument Believe Dreadful Enough Familiar Maske None War
First one, then the other, getting the upper hand, and too seldom fusing till the result has the mellowness of full achievement.
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Achievement Deprive First Fuse Get Hand Melowness One Other Seldom Upper
Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
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Admit Basis Destroy Human Inflict Once Right Society Suffer Unnecessary
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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Even More Nature One Preference Reveal Side Work
Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious – there was generally some reason for it.
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Always Generally Jheardedness Light Made Reason Some Suspicious
Those are the moments that I think are precious to a dog-when, with his adoring soul coming through his eyes, he feels that you are really thinking of him.
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Adore Dog Eyes Feel Moment Precious Really Think
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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Brief Dead Future Life Longer Nearby Real Religion Something Struggle Take Place
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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Beneath Calm Careless Flash Hidden Moment Nature Ood Ordinary Passion Reveal Spring Violent
It isn’t enough to love people because they’re good to you, or because in some way or other you’re going to get something by it.
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Enough Good Love Other People Some Something
We have to love because we love loving.
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Love Loving
He might wish and wish and never get it – the beauty and the loving in the world!
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Beauty Get Love might never Wish World
The young man who, at the end of September, 1924, dismounted from a taxicab in South Square,
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Dismounted End Man September South Square Tax Youg

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