Ideas are fatal to caste

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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...

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

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

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

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...

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?

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.

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.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my...

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my...

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.

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.

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.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

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...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

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.

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.