The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk.
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Saint's Progress by
John Galsworthy
A marvellous speeder-up of Love is War. What might have taken six months, was thus accomplished in three weeks.
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Saint's Progress by
John Galsworthy
Events are as much the parents of the future as they were the children of the past.
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Saint's Progress by
John Galsworthy
"War makes men simple," he said, "elemental; life in peace is neither simple nor elemental, it is subtle, full of changing environments, to which man must adapt himself; the cunning, the astute, the adaptable, will ever rule in times of peace."
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Saint's Progress by
John Galsworthy
"People do not like you to be different. If ever in your life you act differently from others, you will find it so, mademoiselle."
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Saint's Progress by
John Galsworthy