To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
E. M. FORSTERI believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.
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It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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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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But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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My temple stands not upon Mount Moriah but in the Elysian Field where even the immoral are admitted. My motto is ‘Lord, I disbelieve – help thou my unbelief.
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Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend.
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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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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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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.
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It is easy to sympathize at a distance,’ said an old gentleman with a beard. ‘I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear.
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Human relations are impossible. When they are real they are uncomfortable, and when they are comfortable they are unreal. It was for the journey into solitude that the human soul was created.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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