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

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

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...

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

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

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

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.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

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...

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

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...

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...