The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of … - John Galsworthy

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The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience.

John Galsworthy

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.

Bridges, House, Novel, Voyage, Writing

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There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London. Such was not quite the condition of Timothy's on the Bayswater Road, for Timothy's soul still had one foot in Timothy Forsyte's body, and Smither kept the atmosphere unchanging, of camphor and port wine and house whose windows are only opened to air it twice a day.

Air, Condition, Feet, Smither, Soul, Wine

The bicycle. . . has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second. Under its influence, wholly or in part, have blossomed weekends, strong nerves, strong legs, strong language. . . equality of sex, good digestion and professional occupation - in four words, the emanicipation of women.

Blossomed, Four, Influence, Sex, Strong, Weekend

It isnot good enough tospend time and ink indescribing the penultimate sensations and physical movements of people getting into a state of rut, we all know them so well.

Indescribing, Not Good Enough, People, Sensations, State, Time

the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done

Biggest, Done, Life, Life Is, Tragedy

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

Actions, Done, Men, Motivational, Nothing