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.
E. M. FORSTERIf we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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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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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
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When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
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When I think of what life is, and how seldom love is answered by love; it is one of the moments for which the world was made.
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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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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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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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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
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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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It isn’t possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.
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