The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

Quote by E M Forster

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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...