Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Quote by E M Forster

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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

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...

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.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

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....

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...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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 am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.