Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
E. M. FORSTERI won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we’re still no nearer to understanding one another.
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The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
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There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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We move between two darknesses.
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