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“Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.”

Work

The Forsythe Saga is a sprawling narrative that explores the evolution of a family and its members in the context of American history and society. more

Author

John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy was an English novelist known for his profound insights into the social life of late Victorian England. His works often focus on social classes and moral issues, with the Forsyte Saga series being particularly famous. more

“When a Forsyte was engaged, married, or born, the Forsytes were present; when a Forsyte diedbut no Forsyte had as yet died; they did not die; death being contrary to their principles, they took precautions against it, the instinctive precautions of highly vitalised persons who resent encroachments on their property.”

Persons Dies Born Principles Married Died Property Contrary Engaged Resent Precaution Encroachment

Author:John Galsworthy

“Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.”

Vigorous Slang

Author:John Galsworthy

“The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance of family cordiality, an exaggeration of family importance, and the sniff. Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour. For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing.”

Source: The Forsyte Saga, Complete: England Literature

“Public opinion's always in advance of the law.”

Law Opinion Public Opinion

Book:25 Plays

Source: 25 Plays

“Looking back on the long-stretched-out body of one's work, it is interesting to mark the endless duel fought within a man between the emotional and critical sides of his nature, first one, then the other, getting the upper hand, and too seldom fusing till the result has the mellowness of full achievement. One can even tell the nature of one's readers, by their preference for the work which reveals more of this side than of that.”

Men Firsts Long Body Hands Sides Interesting Results Emotional Reader Achievement Mark Critical Endless Working It Looking Back Preference Upper Hand

Author:John Galsworthy

“How to save the old that's worth saving, whether in landscape, houses, manners, institutions, or human types, is one of our greatest problems, and the one that we bother least about.”

Humans Problem House Type Institutions Saving Manners Landscape Bother

Book: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

“In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.”

Use Language Gold Silver Commerce Coins E Commerce Gold And Silver

Author:Joseph Joubert

“Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.”

Men Seems Success Greater Reflection Pedestal

Book:Pensées of Joubert

Source: Pensées of Joubert

“Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.”

Eye Beautiful Heaven Beauty Raised

Book:Some of the

Source: Some of the

“Let us be men with men, and always children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.”