Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Quote by E M Forster

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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

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...

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

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.

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

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...

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...

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

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...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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.

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.

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...

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 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...