The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.
E. M. FORSTER
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One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
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Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time – beautiful?
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What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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I won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
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Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as interesting are obliged to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence.
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