Money pads the edges of things.
E. M. FORSTERThough life is very glorious, it is difficult.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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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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Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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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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When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
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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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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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I can only do what’s easy. I can only entice and be enticed. I can’t, and won’t, attempt difficult relations. If I marry it will either be a man who’s strong enough to boss me or whom I’m strong enough to boss.
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Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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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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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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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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