History develops, art stands still.

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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...

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.

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 man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

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.

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

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.

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

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...