I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

Quote by E M Forster

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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

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...

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...

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

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...

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

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.

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.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

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

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

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...

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.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

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...