Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.

Quote by E M Forster

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

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

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.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

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 is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

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 much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

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...

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

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...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

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...

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 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...

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.

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

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...