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: Choice Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Patriotism Quotes

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

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...

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...

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...

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

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...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

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...

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

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...

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....

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...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.