“The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.”

— John Galsworthy, Windows, Act II (1922)

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.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”