John Quotes

Hilary was no young person, like his niece or Martin, to whom everything seemed simple; nor was he an old person like their grandfather, for whom life had lost its complications. ~ Fraternity by John Galsworthy There is left in every man something of the primeval love of stalking. ~ Fraternity by John Galsworthy "The human heart," he murmured, "is the tomb of many feelings." ~ Fraternity by John Galsworthy "By love I mean the forgetfulness of self. Unions are frequent in which only the sexual instincts, or the remembrance of self, are roused---" ~ Fraternity by John Galsworthy The Rector of Worsted Skeynes was not tall, and his head had been rendered somewhat bald by thought. ~ The Country House by John Galsworthy "You want to build before you've laid your foundations," said Mr. Paramor. "You let your feelings carry you away, Vigil." ~ The Country House by John Galsworthy The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk. ~ Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy A marvellous speeder-up of Love is War. What might have taken six months, was thus accomplished in three weeks. ~ Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy Events are as much the parents of the future as they were the children of the past. ~ Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy "War makes men simple," he said, "elemental; life in peace is neither simple nor elemental, it is subtle, full of changing environments, to which man must adapt himself; the cunning, the astute, the adaptable, will ever rule in times of peace." ~ Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy