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 GALSWORTHYFor, what is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves, with an itch to get outside ourselves.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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The building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
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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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Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
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The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
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It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
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Matters change and morals change; men remain.
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Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.
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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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The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
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Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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Take modern courtships! They resulted in the same thing as under George the Second, but took longer to reach it, owing to the motor-cycle and the standing lunch.
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We have to love because we love loving.
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Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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