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

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

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...

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...

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

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....

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

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

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

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

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...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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...

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

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...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

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...

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...

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...

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...