“England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.”
— E. M. Forster
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Either life entails courage, or it ceases
“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.”
— E. M. Forster
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People have their own deaths as well
“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.”
— E. M. Forster
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We are willing enough to praise freedom
“We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.”
— E. M. Forster
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The people I respect most behave as
“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.”
— E. M. Forster
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I have no mystic faith in the
“I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.”
— E. M. Forster
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The work of art assumes the existence
“The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.”
— E. M. Forster
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I hate the idea of causes, and
“I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”
— E. M. Forster
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If I had to choose between betraying
“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”
— E. M. Forster
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I am so used to seeing the
“I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life.”
— E. M. Forster
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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening
“Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.”
— E. M. Forster
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