One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.

Quote by E M Forster

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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 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...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a 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.

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.

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 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 four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and...

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

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.

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...