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John Galsworthy Quote

“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.”

— John Galsworthy

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Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

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Headlines twice the size of the events.

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