I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

Quote by E M Forster

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Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

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?

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

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

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

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.

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

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.

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...

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

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...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain 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.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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.

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

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

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

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.