I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country

Quote by E M Forster

Topics: Betrayal Quotes

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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 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...

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...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

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.