Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.

Quote by E M Forster

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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

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.

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....

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

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.

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...

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

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...

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...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.