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

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

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....

No one is India.

No one is India.

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...

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

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

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 never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

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.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

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.

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

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.

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.

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...

If you don't ask, you don't get.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with...

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with...