There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London.
JOHN GALSWORTHYEarly morning does not mince words.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Beginnings are always messy.
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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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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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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
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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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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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Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
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Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
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There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don’t say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.
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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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Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.
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Early morning does not mince words.
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Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men’s fates are in their own hands.
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Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
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Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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