Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under w… - John Galsworthy

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Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.

John Galsworthy

The Forsyte Saga · May 13, 1999 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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John Galsworthy OM (14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932.

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Pen Names: John Sinjohn

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that slow and beautiful decay which flings crowns underfoot to star the earth with fallen glories,

Sin confianza en la verdad no había influencia. Daba igual que se tratara de los políticos o de la prensa: si no se podía creer en ellos, no contaban.

That tendency...to lie awake between the hours of two and four, when the chrysalis of faint misgiving becomes so readily the butterfly of panic.

Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense. - John Galsworthy

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