My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
E. M. FORSTERLife is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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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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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship.
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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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Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time – beautiful?
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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
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Money pads the edges of things.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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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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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend.
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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 cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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