Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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 cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

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 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.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

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...

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...

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

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

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.

As a person is so must you humor them.

As a person is so must you humor them.