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A man is the sum of his action...

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

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

He was afflicted by the though...

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 88 quotes

Religion was nearly dead becau...

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 88 quotes

There is one rule for politici...

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 88 quotes

If you do not think about the ...

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

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

It isn't enough to love people...

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 88 quotes

Only love makes fruitful the s...

Only love makes fruitful the soul. The sense of form that both had in such high degree prevented much demonstration; but to be with him, do things for him, to admire, and credit him with perfection; and, since she could not exactly wear the same clothes or speak in the same clipped, quiet, decisive voice, to dislike the clothes and voices of other men - all this was precious to her beyond everything.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

We are not living in a private...

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 88 quotes

It`s always worth while before...

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 88 quotes

Memory heaps dead leaves on co...

Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

The value of a sentiment is th...

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

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

Headlines twice the size of th...

Headlines twice the size of the events.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

Essential characteristics of a...

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.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

We are all familiar with the a...

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 88 quotes

Justice is a machine which, wh...

Justice is a machine which, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

Light-heartedness always made ...

Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

The bicycle... has been respon...

The bicycle... has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second. 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.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

Take modern courtships! They r...

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.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

Humanism is the creed of those...

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 88 quotes

Matters change and morals chan...

Matters change and morals change; men remain.

John Galsworthy 88 quotes

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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