Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
E. M. FORSTERA poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
More E. M. Forster Quotes
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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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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
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It isn’t possible to love and to part.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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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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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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It 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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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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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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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
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Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.
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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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One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
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Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
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