Quotes by John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy

British writer, playwright

Lived from: 1867 - 1933

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 14 august 1867 Died: 31 january 1933

  • 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.

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  • A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.
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  • Headlines twice the size of the events.
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  • Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
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  • If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.
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  • It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.
    A Bit O' Love (1915)
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  • Justice is a machine that, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
    Justice (1910) Act II
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  • Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
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  • Love! Beyond measure — beyond death — it nearly kills. But one wouldn't have been without it.
    Beyond (1917)
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  • One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • We are all familiar with the argument: `make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war'. And none of us believes it.
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  • When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
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What are the most famous quotes from John Galsworthy?

The two most famous quotes from John Galsworthy are:

  • "A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it."
  • "Headlines twice the size of the events."

When did John Galsworthy live?

John Galsworthy was born in 1867 and died in the year 1933.