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John Galsworthy Quotes

John Galsworthy quotes

English Author, Writer August 14, 1867 – January 31, 1933

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To every man of great age - to Sir Wlater Bentham himself - the idea of suicide has once at least been present in the ante-room of his soul; on the threshold, waiting to enter, held out from the inmost chamber by some chance reality, some vague fear, some painful hope. The Man of Property, p. 363 John Galsworthy
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
Politics are popularly supposed to govern the direction, and statesmen to be the guardian angels, of Civilization. It seems to me that they have little or no power over its growth. They are of it, and move with it. Their concern is rather with the body than with the mind or soul of a nation. One needs not to be an engineer to know that to pull a man up a wall one must be higher than he; that to raise general taste one must have better taste than that of those whose taste he is raising. John Galsworthy
His natural taciturnity was in his favour; nothing could be more calculated to give people, especially people with property (Soames had no other clients), the impression that he was a safe man. And he was safe. [...] How could he fall, when his soul abhorred circumstances which render a fall possible - a man cannot fall off the floor! John Galsworthy
It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning, a painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless, looking at the leaves or grass, and fling out his arms to embrace he knows not what. John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy quote: "Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under..."
Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense. John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy quote: "Wishes father thought, but they don't breed evidence."
Wishes father thought, but they don't breed evidence. John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy quote: "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
John Galsworthy quote: "If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one."
If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one. John Galsworthy
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
John Galsworthy quote: "We are not living in a private world of our own. Everything we..."
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
John Galsworthy quote: "The French cook; we open tins."
The French cook; we open tins. John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy quote: "The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy."
The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy quote: "So this wonderful city. Has only dead ashes for me."
So this wonderful city. Has only dead ashes for me. John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy quote: "A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy..."
A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it. John Galsworthy

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