The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

Quote by E M Forster

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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.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

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...

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.

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

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

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

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...

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...

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...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

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...

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...

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.

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

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...

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

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

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...

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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...