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.
E. M. FORSTERIt 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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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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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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My temple stands not upon Mount Moriah but in the Elysian Field where even the immoral are admitted. My motto is ‘Lord, I disbelieve – help thou my unbelief.
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The historian records, but the novelist creates.
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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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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.
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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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Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.
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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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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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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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