For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

Quote by E M Forster

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

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

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

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...

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

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...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

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...

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 am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

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.

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...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...