E. M. Forster
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“The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.” -E. M. Forster
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“I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life.” -E. M. Forster
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“One is certain of nothing but the truth of one’s own emotions.” -E. M. Forster
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“One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.” -E. M. Forster
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“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.” -E. M. Forster
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“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.” -E. M. Forster
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“The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can’t touch.” -E. M. Forster
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“England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.” -E. M. Forster
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“One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.” -E. M. Forster
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“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.” -E. M. Forster
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“The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.” -E. M. Forster
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“Love is always being given where it is not required.” -E. M. Forster
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“The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.” -E. M. Forster
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“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” -E. M. Forster
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“What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.” -E. M. Forster
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“What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?” -E. M. Forster
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“Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.” -E. M. Forster
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“The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.” -E. M. Forster
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“I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.” -E. M. Forster
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“The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.” -E. M. Forster
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“Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.” -E. M. Forster
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“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.” -E. M. Forster
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“Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due – she reminds us too much of a prima donna.” -E. M. Forster
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“Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due – she reminds us too much of a prima donna.” -E. M. Forster
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“The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.” -E. M. Forster
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