“Happiness lies in breadth of heart.”

— John Galsworthy, Art and the War (1915)

About John Galsworthy

1867 – 1933

English novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (1932).

“Art is the great and universal refreshment.”

“The world's a fine place for those who go out to take it; there's lots of unknown stuff in it yet.”

“They did not stop to love each other in this life; they were so sure they had all eternity to do it in.”

“Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.”

“Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.”

“He knew she was there by the joy and fear that overwhelmed his heart.”

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.”

“There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”