“ 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
“ The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it. 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
“ 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
“ A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it. John Galsworthy
“ Justice is a machine that, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself. - John Galsworthy, Justice [1910], act II John Galsworthy
“ PERSONS OF THE PLAY JAMES HOW, solicitor WALTER HOW, solicitor ROBERT COKESON, their managing clerk WILLIAM FALDER, their junior clerk SWEEDLE, their office-boy WISTER, a detective COWLEY, a cashier M… 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
“ Mechanism! Everywhere -- mechanism! Devices for getting away from life so complete that there seemed no life to get away from. John Galsworthy
“ Youth to youth, like the dragon-flies chasing each other, and love like the sun warming them through and through. John Galsworthy
“ Really," said Winifred suddenly; "it almost seems like Fate. Only that's so old-fashioned. John Galsworthy
“ Love is not a hot-house flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet night, born of an hour of sunshine; sprung from wild seed, blown along the road by a wild wind. A wild plant that, when it blooms by cha… 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… John Galsworthy
