Unless we remember we cannot understand.

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.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

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...

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 am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

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.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

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....

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

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...