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Good Quote 12-3-15

“Life calls the tune, we dance.”   John Galsworthy

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Good Quote 9-2-15

Website In Praise of September   “The day was beautiful, as only early September days can be-when the sun is hot, yet not too hot, and the light falls in a silken radiance on trees just losing the opulent monotony of … Continue reading

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Good Quote 8-12-15

‘It was all as though he had made a start in some fresh journey through the fields of thought.” John Galsworthy, The Island Pharisees

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Good Quote 7-15-15

“One of the greatest charms of authorship is the privilege it gives the author of studying the secret springs of many unseen persons, of analysing human nature through the criticism that his work evokes- criticism welling out of the instinctive … Continue reading

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Conservative vs Liberal

  What follows is a fascinating quote about society, conservatives versus liberals, written in 1904.  So much of it is true is today, over 110 years ago. “The Institutions of this country, like the Institutions of all other countries, are but half-truths; … Continue reading

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1-14-15

“There is a degree of happiness known to the human heart which seems to belong to some enchanted world—a bright maze into which, for a moment now and then, we escape and wander.” Excerpt From: Galsworthy, John. “Beyond.” iBooks.

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Good Quote 6-10-13

“Let the dead Past bury its dead” would be a better saying if the Past ever died.  The persistence of the Past is one of those tragic-comic blessings which each new age denies, coming cocksure on the stage to mouth … Continue reading

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Good Quote 3-9-13

     “If she had inspired him with flaming desire, it would have been much simpler, they could have had their fling and parted, and no one the worse.  But he had a very different feeling for her.  She was like … Continue reading

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