Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
JOHN GALSWORTHYEarly morning does not mince words.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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Headlines twice the size of the events.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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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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Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
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Public opinion’s always in advance of the law.
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Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour.
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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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Beginnings are always messy.
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The French cook; we open tins.
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Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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It is by muteness that a dog becomes for one so utterly beyond value; with him one is at peace, where words play no torturing tricks.
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Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; and the power to do what seems to him to be right without considering what others may say or think.
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