It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

Quote by E M Forster

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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.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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 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 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...

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....

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

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...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...