Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Quote by E M Forster

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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

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

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

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

No one is India.

No one is India.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

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...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...