Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
E. M. FORSTERThe armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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The other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too. She was indignant and cried, “Let go-it’s my onion,” and as soon as she said, “my onion,” the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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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 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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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
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Money pads the edges of things.
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It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.
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The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
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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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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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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.
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