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. FORSTERThe 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.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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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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We move between two darknesses.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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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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One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper.
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Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
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Money pads the edges of things.
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I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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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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