John Galsworthy Quotes
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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
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A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.
[Thinking]
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Beginnings are always messy.
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Boys and girls should be taught to think first of others in material things; they should be infected with the wisdom to know that in making smooth the way of all lies the road to their own health and happiness.
[Education]
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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.
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Headlines twice the size of the events.
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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.
[Truth]
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Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
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If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.
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Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
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Nations like men, can be healthy and happy, though comparatively poor. . . . 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.
[Poverty]
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One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
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One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth what one becomes.
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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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States should spend money and effort on this great all-underlying matter of spiritual education as they have hitherto spent them on beating and destroying each other.
[Education]
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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The French cook; we open tins.
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The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
[Imagination]
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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.
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There will always be about the same percentage of people capable of real love, and there will always be about the same percentage of people who aren't.
[Love]
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