John Galsworthy Quotes

1867-1933, British Novelist, Playwright
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“One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth what one becomes.”
VerifiedFlowering Wilderness (1932), Ch. 2 · evidenceEyes
“If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.”
VerifiedSwan Song (1928) Pt. II, Ch. 6 · evidenceFuture
“Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.”
Ideals and Idealism
“A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.”
VerifiedMaid in Waiting (1931), Ch. 3 · evidenceAction
“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.”
VerifiedLetter to Thomas Hardy (27 March 1910) · evidencePity
“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.”
VerifiedMaid in Waiting (1931), Ch. 7 · evidencePoliticians and Politics
“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.”
VerifiedOne More River (1933) · evidenceWelfare