Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.
E. M. FORSTEROne person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.
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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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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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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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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper.
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One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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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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I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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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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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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