Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
E. M. FORSTERDon’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
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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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It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.
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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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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 cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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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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Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as interesting are obliged to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence.
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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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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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