A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
E. M. FORSTERWe move between two darknesses.
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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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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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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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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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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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It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
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Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
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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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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
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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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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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