We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

Quote by E M Forster

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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.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

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....