Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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...

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...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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 sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

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.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

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...

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...

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.