The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. E. M. Forster life art incomplete Change image and share on social
The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink. E. M. Forster low morality public Change image and share on social
We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. E. M. Forster nervous tuck freedom share on social
Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another. E. M. Forster inmate receptacle cambridge Change image and share on social
The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance. E. M. Forster civilization need love Change image and share on social
Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration. E. M. Forster woman man decoration Change image and share on social
Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's. E. M. Forster speak criticism creation Change image and share on social
We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next. E. M. Forster husband scheherazade Change image and share on social
England has always been disinclined to accept human nature. E. M. Forster england human disincline Change image and share on social
I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be. E. M. Forster type irritate paper Change image and share on social