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

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...

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.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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...

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...

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

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...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

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...

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

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...

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...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

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...