Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.
E. M. FORSTERLove is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.
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But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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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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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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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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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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The other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too. She was indignant and cried, “Let go-it’s my onion,” and as soon as she said, “my onion,” the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames.
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What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
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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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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.
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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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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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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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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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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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Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.
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Money pads the edges of things.
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Human relations are impossible. When they are real they are uncomfortable, and when they are comfortable they are unreal. It was for the journey into solitude that the human soul was created.
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I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
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