John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy OMwas an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Sagaand its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth14 August 1867
afflicted beauty continued looked people quite ran stare
And he continued to stare at her, 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.
man property setting
He would be setting up as a man of property next, with a place in the country.
born living loved loving
born to be loved and to love who when not loving are not living
bad clever doctor sleep
I'm bad, he said, pouting--"been bad all the week; don't sleep at night. The doctor can't tell why. He's a clever fellow, or I shouldn't have him, but I get nothing out of him but bills.
human low naturally nature took
As for the law--it catered for a human nature of which it took a naturally low view.
forced man state unhappy until
A man of action, forced into a state of thought, is unhappy until he can get out of it
deprived evolved himself life living man power queer wishing
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.
love birthday age
Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
size events newspaper-headlines
Headlines twice the size of the events.
beautiful horse inspiration
I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.
fate destiny tunes
Life calls the tune, we dance.
self-esteem believe thinking
I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
dog loss animal
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.
future thinking ifs
If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.