How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
E. M. FORSTERMistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
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School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered me from discovering how lovely and delightful and kind the world can be, and how much of it is intelligible.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.
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You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of 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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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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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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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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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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