There are moments when the inner life actually ‘pays,’ when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.
E. M. FORSTERLife never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.
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You confuse what’s important with what’s impressive.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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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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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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I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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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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Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
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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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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
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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.
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Money pads the edges of things.
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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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There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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