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
men emotional hands
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.
law public-opinion opinion
Public opinion's always in advance of the law.
perfection quality fundamentals
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.
slang vigorous
Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
morning doe early-morning
Early morning does not mince words.
summer grass footsteps
Summer — summer — summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
writing thinking men
As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
light reason made
Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it.
sex unions instinct
Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
men soul texture
By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls.
gossip lasts
The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
life has-beens
Love! Beyond meaure - beyond death - it nearly kills. But one wouldn't have been without it.
iron hot danger
See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
motivational men done
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.