One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
E. M. FORSTEROne person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
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My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.
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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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Money pads the edges of things.
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One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
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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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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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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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There are moments when the inner life actually ‘pays,’ when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.
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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 am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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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 four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.
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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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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
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