Author: E. M. Forster

Quotes

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

- E. M. Forster

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

- E. M. Forster

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

- E. M. Forster

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

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

- E. M. Forster

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

- E. M. Forster

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

- E. M. Forster

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

- E. M. Forster

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

- E. M. Forster

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

- E. M. Forster

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