Come! Let us lay a lance in rest,
And tilt at windmills under a wild sky!
For who would live so petty and unblest
That dare not tilt at something ere he die;
Rather than, screened by safe majority,
Preserve his little life to little end,
And never raise a rebel cry!John Galsworthy (1867-1933) English novelist and playwright
“Errantry,” st. 1 (1934)
Quotations by:
Galsworthy, John
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
John Galsworthy (1867-1933) English novelist and playwright
(Attributed)
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.