Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

Quote by E M Forster

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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

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.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

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.

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...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

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

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

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.