For it is a serious thing to have been watched. We all radiate something curiously intimate when we believe ourselves to be alone.
E. M. FORSTERSpoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently, it was sinking into decadence, and progress had come to mean the progress of the Machine.
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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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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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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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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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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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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
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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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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
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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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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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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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