One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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...

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

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...

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

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...

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...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

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.

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 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...

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

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....

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...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!