We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.

Quote by E M Forster

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Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

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....

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...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

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

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

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

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...

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

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...

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...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

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.