The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
E. M. FORSTERNonsense and beauty have close connections.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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I won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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… there are shadows because there are hills.
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The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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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 we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes to replace them. It’s one of the curses of London. I quite expect to end my life caring most for a place.
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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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Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “…There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.
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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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I think you’re beautiful, the only beautiful person I’ve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you.
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