Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.

Quote by E M Forster

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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 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...

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.

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.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

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.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

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.

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...

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.