Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Quote by E M Forster

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There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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 four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and...

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

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.

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...

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.