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John Galsworthy Quotes: "I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse."

I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives."

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.




John Galsworthy Quotes: "Life calls the tune, we dance."

Life calls the tune, we dance.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people."

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.




John Galsworthy Quotes: "By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls."

By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one."

If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem."

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.




John Galsworthy Quotes: "Beginnings are always messy."

Beginnings are always messy.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life."

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Headlines twice the size of the events."

Headlines twice the size of the events.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men's fates are in their own hands - a faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith."

Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men's fates are in their own hands - a faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally."

Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally.




John Galsworthy Quotes: "We are not living in a private world of our own. Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us."

We are not living in a private world of our own. Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "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. We have to love because we love loving."

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. We have to love because we love loving.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another."

The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull."

I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Only love makes fruitful the soul."

Only love makes fruitful the soul.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes."

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done"

the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create."

Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage."

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "It isnot good enough tospend time and ink indescribing the penultimate sensations and physical movements of people getting into a state of rut, we all know them so well."

It isnot good enough tospend time and ink indescribing the penultimate sensations and physical movements of people getting into a state of rut, we all know them so well.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society."

Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it."

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang."

Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral."

He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages and waste, a wine worth the drinking is all the time being made."

It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages and waste, a wine worth the drinking is all the time being made.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else."

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy."

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself."

Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "It's not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it."

It's not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "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."

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.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different."

When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "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."

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.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "The French cook; we open tins."

The French cook; we open tins.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "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!"

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!



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision."

Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it."

We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Love! Beyond measure — beyond death — it nearly kills. But one wouldn't have been without it."

Love! Beyond measure — beyond death — it nearly kills. But one wouldn't have been without it.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "It's always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it's going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary."

It's always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it's going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little."

Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed."

Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Early morning does not mince words."

Early morning does not mince words.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Matters change and morals change; men remain."

Matters change and morals change; men remain.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "As a man lives and thinks, so he will write."

As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . ."

The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .



John Galsworthy Quotes: "See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron."

See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it."

The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.



John Galsworthy Quotes: "Summer — summer — summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!"

Summer — summer — summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!