Quote by John Galsworthy
Idealism increases in direct proportion to ones distance from the

Idealism increases in direct proportion to ones distance from the problem. – John Galsworthy

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He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral. – John Galsworthy

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What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real. – Francis Herbert Hedge

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Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down? – Eliza Cook

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An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. – Henry Ford

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Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. – Herbert Hoover

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I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States. – Harold Bloom

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