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“Really," said Winifred suddenly; "it almost seems like Fate. Only that's so old-fashioned.”
Source: The Forsyte Saga
Source: Flowering Wilderness
“That “small” emotion, love, grows amazingly when threatened with extinction.”
Source: The Forsyte Saga
Source: The Apple Tree
Source: Flowering Wilderness
Source: Flowering Wilderness
Source: Flowering Wilderness
Source: Swan Song
“Matters change and morals change; men remain.”
Source: Delphi Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
“Love has no age, no limit; and no death.”
Source: The Forsyte Saga
“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
“One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.”
Source: The Forsyte Saga Complete Edition: The Forsyte Saga + A Modern Comedy + End of the Chapter + On Forsyte ‘Change (A Prequel to Forsyte Saga): Complete Nine Novels
“A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.”
“Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.”
Source: The Forsyte Saga Complete Edition: The Forsyte Saga + A Modern Comedy + End of the Chapter + On Forsyte ‘Change (A Prequel to Forsyte Saga): Complete Nine Novels
Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
Source: The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition
Source: Studies and Essays
“Only love makes fruitful the soul.”
Source: Beyond: England Literature
“Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
“Society is built on marriage ... marriage and its consequences.”
“Early morning does not mince words.”
Source: The Forsyte Saga
“Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!”
Source: The Forsythe Saga
Source: Delphi Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
“Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
“Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.”
Source: The Forsythe Saga
“Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.”
Source: The Forsyte Saga, Complete: England Literature
“Public opinion's always in advance of the law.”
Source: 25 Plays
Source: The Forsyte Saga Complete Edition: The Forsyte Saga + A Modern Comedy + End of the Chapter + On Forsyte ‘Change (A Prequel to Forsyte Saga): Complete Nine Novels
Source: The Forsyte Saga Complete Edition: The Forsyte Saga + A Modern Comedy + End of the Chapter + On Forsyte ‘Change (A Prequel to Forsyte Saga): Complete Nine Novels
“See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.”
Source: Swan Song: England Literature
Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
“The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .”
Source: Saint's Progress: England Literature
“Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
“Love! Beyond measure — beyond death — it nearly kills. But one wouldn't have been without it.”
Source: The Forsyte Saga 1: The Man of Property: The Forsyte Saga: Book One
Source: The Man of Property
“Life calls the tune, we dance.”
Source: Five Tales