Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.
JOHN GALSWORTHYThe beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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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!
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We have to love because we love loving.
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Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between man and man.
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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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Love! Beyond measure – beyond death – it nearly kills. But one wouldn’t have been without it.
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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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Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
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Westminster, was so unobtrusively American that his driver had some hesitation in asking for double his fare. The young man had no hesitation in refusing it.
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There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London.
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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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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 biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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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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The bicycle… has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second.
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