Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

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...

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...

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and...

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

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...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

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

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

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in...

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in...

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

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.

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...

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

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.

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

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.

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...