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

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

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...

At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a...

At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a...

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

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.

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

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

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

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...

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 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...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

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.

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...

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...

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...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

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...

Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have...

Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have...

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defence against betrayal

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defence against betrayal