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

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...

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

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...

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...

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...

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

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...

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.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

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...

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a...

At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a...

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

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...

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.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

We all should choose our friends carefully. I used to think that no one could...

We all should choose our friends carefully. I used to think that no one could...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

The reason people blame things on the previous generations is that there's only one other...

The reason people blame things on the previous generations is that there's only one other...

Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.

Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of...

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of...