My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
E. M. FORSTEROne grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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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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Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.
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Outside the arch, always there seemed another arch. And beyond the remotest echo, a silence.
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So I shan’t ever marry, for there aren’t such men. And Heaven help any one whom I do marry, for I shall certainly run away from him before you can say ‘Jack Robinson.
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It makes a difference doesn’t it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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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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If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run
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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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